French Violin Bow
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This violin bow was made by and unknown maker in Mirecourt, France, about 1880, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is an octagonal Brazilwood stick with an ivory face, nickel silver mounted ebony frog with chamfered edges, plain pearl eyes, slide missing,, and ebony button with two nickel silver rings.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as a Tourte model violin bow (#6188), for $12.50.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Grand Est, Mirecourt
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055696
label: catalog number
content: 55696
label: accession number
content: 11535
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brazilwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pearl (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: horsehair (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 73.9775 cm x 3.175 cm x 1.27 cm