Violin Bow
Claude Thomassin worked for the eminent Parisian violin maker Gustav Bernadel. This bow was made before Thomassin opened his own workshop in 1901.
Description: Pernambuco stick, hatchet-shaped head; button with black band.
Description: Pernambuco stick, hatchet-shaped head; button with black band.
Artwork Details
- Title: Violin Bow
- Maker: Stamped: Gand & Bernardel (prob. Claude Thomassin)
- Maker: Claude Thomassin (1870–1942)
- Date: late 19th century
- Geography: Paris, France
- Culture: French
- Medium: Pernambuco, mother-of-pearl, nickel-silver
- Dimensions: Length: 75cm (29 1/2in.)
- Classification: Chordophone-Accessories-bow
- Credit Line: Bequest of Evelyn Stark, 2006
- Object Number: 2007.496.2
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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