Georges Chanot I, Paris, 1853
Violin: 51127
Labeled, "Georges Chanot à Paris, 1 Quai Malaquais, Annee 1853."
Back: One-piece, double-purfled and decorated
Length of back: 36.9 cm
Notes:
"Property of the Chanot family. . . The violin is preserved in unfinished condition retaining the maker's oak fingerboard blank and without a saddle fitted, suggesting that it has never been set up."Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 12, 2002, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 12, 2002, London, London
References
Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 12, 2002, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)