Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, 1865, the 'Chimay'
Viola: 50819
Numbered 2610.
Back: Two-piece and bearing the painted coat-of-arms of Count Cheremetoff
Length of back: 41.2 cm
Upper bouts: 18.5 cm
Middle bouts: 13.1 cm
Lower bouts: 23.5 cm
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Notes:
Jacques Francais notes: "Grade: A+".The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Washington, DC
Provenance
| from 1865 | Victor Antoine Charles de Riquet (Duc de Caraman-Chimay) |
| until 1923 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1923 | Nathan E. Posner |
| until 1993 | Jacques Français |
| from 1993 | Yoshiro Sawada |
| in c. 2010 | Chi-Mei Culture Foundation |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1993) #4030.
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References
Violins & Violinists, January, 1948, Harvey S. Whistler, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)- Private Archives - 10072
- Private Archives - 10842
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 48 (illustrated)