François Lotte, a French luthier trained by Bazin and Cuniot-Hury, founded his business in Paris in 1926. He married Marguerite Ouchard, the sister of Émile Auguste Ouchard. Lotte's collection includes expertly crafted bows, some marked by the maker and others unmarked, with silver or nickel mounts.

Violin Bow stamped J S Rameau Specifications:

• Length: 28.6 inches or 72.6cm. 

• Weight: around 62g. 

• No visible cracks or repairs. 

Dorfler Violin Bow - 22a Pernambuco Wood - Genuine Silver Trimming - Master Bow - Octagonal Features:

• Selected, matured Pernambuco stick

• Octagonal (22 Round)

• Selected ebony frog with trimmed slide

• Parisian eye

• Three-part ebony button with eight inlaid eyes or massive button with eye

• Silver wire winding

Dorfler Violin Bow - 26 Ligne Bohème Features:

• first-class Pernambuco stick

• round or octagon

• Sartory head

• mammoth tip

• selected Sartory ebony frog with Parisian eye

Egidius Doerfler Bow 24 Pernambuco Wood - Genuine Silver Trimming - Master Bow Features:

• First-class Pernambuco stick

• Round or octagon

• Horn or mammoth frog

• Single or Parisian eye

• Three-part button with eye

• Silver wire winding

French Mirecourt Violin Bow. Old Violin Bow Stamped D’ARTE, and FRANCE under the frog

Auguste Lenoble was a French military man born in 1828. He moved to Paris in 1862, became the master of Charles Peccatte, and opened his workshop in 1866. He partnered with Peccatte from 1874 to 1881. Lenoble passed away in 1895 in Paris.

Dorfler Violin Bow - 23 Pernambuco Wood - Genuine Silver Trimming - Master Bow - Round Features:

• First-class Pernambuco stick

• Round or octagon

• Silver bow tip

• Selected ebony frog with trimmed slide

• Parisian eye

• Three-part ebony button with eight inlaid eyes

• Silver wire winding

• Extra: engraving