Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, 1860
Viola: 50584
Labeled, "Jean Baptiste Vuillaume à Paris, 3 rue Demours- Ternes."
Back: One-piece; double-purfled and onramented
Top: double-purfled
Length of back: 39.8 cm
Provenance
until 1945 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
from 1945 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1945) "This Viola which is double purfled is a copy of Maggini: its state of preservation is almost new."
Certificate: Robertson & Sons, Albuquerque, NM
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References
Bonhams Fine Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, July 9, 2007, London, Bonhams, Bonhams, London (illustrated)
The Robertson Collection, May, 2009 (illustrated)