French Violin Bow
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1902
name: label: retailer
content: Oliver Ditson Company
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This bow was made by an unknown maker in France, around 1898-1902. It is a violin bow made of a Pernambuco stick with a celluloid face, full nickel silver mounted ebony frog with pearl slide and eyes, and an ebony button with two nickel silver rings and a pearl eye (not original). Accessioned with violin (Cat. #66.095) The stick is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>OLIVER DITSON</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This commercial bow was made for Oliver Ditson and Company of Boston, Massachusetts. Ditson Company was primarily known as a music publisher, but also traded pianos and all kinds of orchestral instruments and accessories. This bow was probably stamped “OLIVER DITSOBN” while being made on contract in Mirecourt, prior to export to Boston.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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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 Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.66.095a
label: catalog number
content: 66.095a
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pernambuco (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 1/4 in x 1 3/16 in x 7/16 in; 74.295 cm x 3.01625 cm x 1.11125 cm