3/4 Couturieux Violin Mirecourt, France circa 1910
3/4 Violin made in Mirecourt, France around 1910 by French luthier Michel Couturieux.
• Very attractive appearance
• Magnificent sound
• Clear and yet sweet and bright tone
This is a French JTL Medio Fino Violin made in Mirecourt, France. JTL stands for Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy & Cie a musical instrument making company in France formed by Louis Emile Jérôme Thibouville and Marguerite Hyacinthe Lamy at around 1900’s.
JTL stands for Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy & Cie a musical instrument making company in France formed by Louis Emile Jérôme Thibouville and Marguerite Hyacinthe Lamy at around 1900’s. They made a connection between their family through their marriage and business. The company was based in Mirecourt, France, and later become one of the world’s most powerful unions in the history of violin making.
3/4 Violin made in Mirecourt, France around 1910 by French luthier Michel Couturieux.
• Very attractive appearance
• Magnificent sound
• Clear and yet sweet and bright tone
This is a Charles Gaillard 1867 Violin. Charles Gaillard was an apprentice of the prominent French violinmaker and restorer, Charles Adolphe Gand.
Ref. F007
This is a French Trade Violin Instrument bearing the label of Andreas Borelli dated 1720. Andreas Borelli an Italian-born violin maker whose style developed the Borelli School of Violin Making which was later adopted by the workshops in Mirecourt France.
This is a French Violin made about 1920, a fine Stradivarius copy.
This French Violin was made around 1900 and was Repaired in Tours in 1953.
This is a Paul Jean- Baptiste Chipot Violin made in Paris in about 1942. Paul Jean Baptiste Chipot is a French luthier the son of Chipot-Vuillaume. He worked in many workshops in Mirecourt then moved to Vendome to start his own workshop.
French violin c. 1900 Features:
• Medium dark reddish brown varnish
• Yellow and black striped purfling both at the front and back
• A unique and remarkable drawing symbol at the upper center part of the back