Violin Bow
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Thibouville-Lamy
Guide price £2,500
Violin Bow
Made in Mirecourt, France
c.1870
Stamped Buthod a Paris
59.6g
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A nickel and ebony violin bow by Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy, made in Mirecourt, France, c.1870. Octagonal stick made of light-orange-brown pernambuco. This bow is in good condition, and is a typical example of the JTL firm's output around the late 19th Century.
History & Provenance
The largest of the great Mirecourt instrument making firms. In 1957 Jérôme Thibouville joined forces with Charles Buthod and Charles-Claude Husson to form Husson-Buthod-Thibouville. When Jérôme Thibouville married Marguerite Hyacinthe Lamy in 1861, the firm changed its name to the now-famous "Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy (J.T.L.)". The firm became the largest of the Mirecourt violin making factories – at its peak it produced over 150,000 instruments annually and employed 1,000 craftsmen.
