Giulio Ettore Degani
Violin maker
(1875 – 1959)
Giulio Degani was the son of Eugenio, with whom he worked from an early age. After his father’s death in 1901 he took over the family’s Venice workshop until emigrating to the USA in 1915. Here he worked for the Wurlitzer firm in New York and later Cincinnati. Despite various instruments labeled Venice dated after 1915, there is no evidence that he ever returned to Italy.
In 1921 Degani left Wurlitzer and worked independently thereafter in Atlantic City and Cincinnati, as well as briefly in partnership with his compatriot Jago Peternella in New York in the mid-1930s. He supplemented his income as a violin teacher. After the outbreak of World War II he worked in various factories, keeping on his workshop part-time. He finally retired from violin making in 1952.
Degani’s early work closely follows that of his father, while later instruments show a more personal approach, including flatter edges, shorter corners and a bolder style of scroll.
Price History
- The auction record for this maker is $126,771 in Jun 1988, for a cello.
- 168 auction price results.
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Degani family tree
Instruments
Violin -
1891
Venice
Violin -
1892
Venice
Violin -
1892
Venice
Violin -
1893
Venice
Violin -
1893
Venice
Violin -
1893
Venice
Violin -
1893
Venice
Violin -
1894
Venice
Violin -
1894
Venice
Violin -
1895
Venice
Violin -
1896
Venice
Violin -
1896
Venice
Violin -
1896
Venice
Violin -
1897
Venice
Violin -
1897
Venice
Violin -
1897
Venice
Violin -
1897
Venice
Violin -
1897
Venice
Violin -
1898
Venice
Violin -
1898
Venice
Violin -
1898
Venice
Violin -
1898
Venice
Violin -
1898
Venice
Violin -
1898
Venice
Violin -
1899
Venice
Violin -
1899
Venice
Violin -
1899
Venice
Violin -
1899
Venice
Violin -
1899
Venice
Violin -
1899
Venice
Violin -
1899
Venice
Violin -
1899
Venice
Violin -
1899
Venice
Violin -
1899
Venice
Violin -
1899
Venice
Violin -
c. 1900
Venice
Violin -
1900
Venice
Violin -
1900
Venice
Violin -
1900
Venice
Violin -
1902
Venice
Violin -
1902
Venice
Violin -
1902
Venice
Violin -
1903
Venice
Violin -
1903
Venice
Violin -
1903
Venice
Violin -
1903
Venice
Violin -
1904
Venice
Violin -
1904
Venice
Violin -
1904
Venice
Violin -
1904
Venice
Violin -
1904
Venice
Violin -
1907
Venice
Violin -
1908
Venice
Violin -
1909
Venice
Violin -
1910
Venice
Violin -
1910
Venice
Violin -
1911
Venice
Violin -
1911
Venice
Violin -
1911
Venice
Violin -
1913
Venice
Violin -
1913
Venice
Violin -
1914
Venice
Violin -
c. 1915
Venice
Violin -
1915
Venice
Violin -
1919
Cincinnati, OH
Violin -
1919
Cincinnati, OH
Violin -
1920
Cincinnati, OH
Violin -
c. 1920
Cincinnati, OH
Violin -
c. 1920
Cincinnati, OH
Violin -
1924
Cincinnati, OH
Violin -
c. 1925
Cincinnati, OH
Violin -
1930
Cincinnati, OH
Violin -
c. 1930
Cincinnati, OH
Violin -
c. 1935
Cincinnati, OH
Violin -
1942
Cincinnati, OH
Viola -
1890
Venice
Viola -
1899
Venice
Viola -
1901
Venice
Viola -
1906
Venice
Cello -
1899
Venice
Cello -
1904
Venice
