Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Turin, 1778, the 'Chavy'
Viola: 42756
Photo courtesy of Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. For more information, contact Archivescenter@si.edu. (Digital images created using a handheld digital camera.)
Back: Two-piece small-curled maple
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Red-brown
Length of back: 40.0 cm
Provenance
Current owner |
References
- The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)