Viola bow by Louis Gillet, circa 1946
BRAND & MARKINGS:
Dupuy A Paris
WEIGHT:
72g
DOCUMENTS:
Peter Oxley certificate
MAKER:
Louis Henri Gillet was born in Nancy but probably did his early training in Mirecourt. He worked for Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy from 1906 to 1911 and served in WWI before ending up at the Laberte firm in 1921.
In 1934, Jules Fétique left his role as the assistant of Eugène Sartory to start his own business, and Gillet was hired to replace him. From then on his bows begin to take on the powerful characteristics of Sartory, and the two collaborated quite successfully until Sartory's death in 1946.
BRAND & MARKINGS:
Dupuy A Paris
WEIGHT:
72g
DOCUMENTS:
Peter Oxley certificate
MAKER:
Louis Henri Gillet was born in Nancy but probably did his early training in Mirecourt. He worked for Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy from 1906 to 1911 and served in WWI before ending up at the Laberte firm in 1921.
In 1934, Jules Fétique left his role as the assistant of Eugène Sartory to start his own business, and Gillet was hired to replace him. From then on his bows begin to take on the powerful characteristics of Sartory, and the two collaborated quite successfully until Sartory's death in 1946.
BRAND & MARKINGS:
Dupuy A Paris
WEIGHT:
72g
DOCUMENTS:
Peter Oxley certificate
MAKER:
Louis Henri Gillet was born in Nancy but probably did his early training in Mirecourt. He worked for Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy from 1906 to 1911 and served in WWI before ending up at the Laberte firm in 1921.
In 1934, Jules Fétique left his role as the assistant of Eugène Sartory to start his own business, and Gillet was hired to replace him. From then on his bows begin to take on the powerful characteristics of Sartory, and the two collaborated quite successfully until Sartory's death in 1946.