1664 - Violin "Gillott, Woolworth"

Soundboard of spruce at medium grain. Back of two pieces of curly maple with narrow curl, glued in a herringbone pattern with vertex at the back. Orange-brown varnish

  • 1664, Cremona
  • Original
  • 35.3 cm
  • 16.5 cm
  • 11.1 cm
  • 20.6 cm
  • W. E. Hill & Sons, London, June 29, 1925; Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, December 3, 1926
  • Joseph Gillott (Birmingham)1860/72; William Webster; W.E. Hill & Sons 1925; Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. 1925/26; Mildred P. Woolworth (New York) 1926; Emil Herrmann 1951; Esther Glazer (New York) 1951
  • The instrument was sold April 29, 1872 at Christie's in London
  • Recorded in the Jacques Français archive, at the Smithsonian Institution of Washington
creato:sabato 6 aprile 2013
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017