Violin Bow

probably French

Not on view

Technical description: Octagonal pernambuco stick, silver and brown leather wrapping, French tip with trapezoidal mortise, ivory headplate, ebony liner, dark tortoiseshell frog with prismatic guide, gold underside, gold ferrule, mother-of-pearl slide and eye, gold heelplate, octagonal ebony button with two cracked gold rings and mother-of-pearl eye. ( L. Libin, 1982 and R. Hopfner, 1997)

Violin Bow, Pernambuco, leather, ivory, ebony, silver, gold, mother-of-pearl, horsehair, probably French

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