Violin bow
Maker
Joseph Arthur Vigneron
Date1888-1905 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.none
Signedstamped on stick: A. VIGNERON A PARISDescriptionThe bow stick is round and cut from pernambuco wood.
Ebony frog with silver mountings, curved heel and small pearl eyes set in silver circles.
Screwbutton has a silver cap.
The slide on the frog is mother-of-pearl.
The silver ferrule is bending backwards slightly.
The thumb-grip is quite worn as is the spot on the stick where the little finger is placed –
both of these points suggest that this bow was used a great deal.
This bow is registered as #4494 in the Rembert Wurlitzer records. Wurlitzer certificate is file.
Dimensionsoverall length: 74.5 cm
ProvenancePurchased by J. Laiten Weed from Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, August 16, 1965, for $180.00
Credit LineGift of J. Laiten Weed Estate, 1990
Object number04901
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