Vuillaume Violin
date: label: date made
content: 1735-1745
name: label: maker
content: Vuillaume, Claude-Francois
notes: label: Description
content: This violin was made by Claude-François Vuillaume in Mirecourt, France around 1750. Claude-François (I) Vuillaume (ca. 1700-1792?) was the great-great-grandfather of J. B. Vuillaume, the eminent 19th-century Parisian maker, dealer and expert. This violin retains original features common to Mirecourt output of the period, including the maple neck and top block in one piece. The ribs are inlaid into a channel cut into the back, and are without linings excepting the center bout area of the back. Interior blocks are very small. The fingerboard of plain maple is veneered on the top with ebony and accompanied by a nut of ivory inlaid into the neck. Purfling is represented by two painted lines of ink. This violin is made of a table of spruce in two pieces, back of plain maple in two pieces cut on the quarter, similar plain maple ribs, an original plain maple neck, pegbox and scroll, and a slightly opaque yellow-brown varnish.
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
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content: Violins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.69.01
label: catalog number
content: 69.01
label: accession number
content: 281113
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: spruce (table material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (back material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 3/4 in x 8 1/4 in x 3 5/8 in; 60.325 cm x 20.955 cm x 9.2075 cm