Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, c. 1855
Violin: 50282
Labeled, "Jean Baptiste Vuillaume à Paris, Rue Croix des Petits Champs". Also bearing the maker's signature internally and serial number 2008.
Back: in two pieces of maple cut on the quarter and with strong medium-width figure ascending from the centre joint
Top: in one piece of spruce with broad grain at the centre narrowing towards the flanks
Scroll: with stronger, narrower figure
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: an orange-brown colour on a golden ground
Length of back: 35.7 cm
Upper bouts: 16.9 cm
Lower bouts: 20.8 cm
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Provenance
| in 2014 | Sold by J & A Beare Auctions |
Certificates & Documents
- Insurance valuation: Edward Withers (photocopy), London (1960)
Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London
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References
- Beares Auctions Catalogue October 2014, J & A Beare Auctions
Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)- Sotheby's Highly Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 25, 1983, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)
