DHV:
891
Tourin ID:
VIC 15, KENS 3
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan ?
Date:
1760 C
Label Text:
A...nius Gragnani fecit / Luberti anno 1741 [printed except 41, indistinct]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
London
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Victoria & Albert Museum
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
163-1882
Head:
Cherub
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Carl Engel, London (in 1872, 1876)
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.5
String Length:
31
Rib Depth:
5.3
Upper Width:
16
Middle Width:
11
Bottom Width:
18.5
Information
Source:
Baines 1968, p. 110 (2nd ed. 1978, p. 8)
Literature:
Baines 1968, p. 110 (2nd ed. 1978, p. 8); Engel 1876, p. 68; Engel 1874, p. 342; Engel 1872, p. 22 (no. 158)
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from M. Herzog 5/98: front, back 3/4 (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back and ribs (sycamore and yew); 2-piece table; both with double purfling. Baines: “Similar to the work of Guersan”. On display 10/01: C-holes clumsily widened, has frets but no strings, and only 3 pegs (pegbox set up for 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side). M. Herzog: head possibly by La Fille.