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Violin bow

stick: pernambuco, waxed and polished light brown; head: small and a little square; lapping original; frog: tortoise-shell, gold-mounted; screw: iron; eye: brass; adjuster: ebony and gold; length 746, hair 650, diameter at frog 8.0, diameter at head 4.5, weight 57.1 gr.

  • Date:
    1857–62
  • Maker:
    Voirin, François Nicolas [Person]
  • Collection:
    Royal Northern College of Music
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  • Place of production:
    Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
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  • Decorative elements:a crystal lens in the eye of the frog and a 'microphotograph' in the form of a miniscule negative image (ca. 0.5 x 1) of Vuillaume seated at a table holding a violin
  • Inscriptions:stamped on stick: VUILLAUME A PARIS
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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music