Violin Bow
Unknown
late 18th century · Brazilwood, leather, ivory, ebony, silver, horsehair · Musical Instruments
Description: Transitional type, round brazilwood stick, silver and black leather wrapping, Cramer tip with trapezoidal mortise, later? ivory headplate, ebony liner, head reinforced by ivory spline, ivory frog with flat ivory guide with fences, cylindrical ivory button with shallow ornamental groove, hand-cut screw threaded to tip.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- late 18th century
- Medium
- Brazilwood, leather, ivory, ebony, silver, horsehair
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Musical Instruments
- Credit line
- Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1989
