Tourte Family (fl Paris, c1740-1835) An ivory-mounted violin bow Paris, circa 1780

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Description

Tourte Family
An ivory-mounted violin bow
Paris

round stick, Cramer head, plain ivory frog, ivory adjuster

Literature

Millant & Raffin ilustrate two similar bows on pp.101 & 157 of Vol.I of L'Archet - the first as the work of Tourte l'Aîné, the other as François Xavier