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Lorient School

Amelot

Lorient, worked 1812–1845

Style of Lupot with red-orange varnish. Particularly fine double basses and cellos. Manuscript label: Réparé par / Amelot à Lorient / 1842 — John Dilworth

Worked Lorient
Made Cello, Viola

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£11,653

2 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Cello74.8 cm Lorient, 1840 Probably byMay 2011£11,653
Viola38.1 cm 1820May 1994£2,077

Biographies

The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

John Dilworth+

AMELOT Worked 1812-1845 Lorient, Brittany France. Style of Lupot with red-orange varnish. Particularly fine double basses and cellos. Manuscript label: Réparé par / Amelot à Lorient / 1842

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Gewöhnliche, französische Arbeit, kleiner Ton, manchmal gelber, meist aber röthlicher Lack. Er verwendet einen reichverzierten Zettel mit nebenstehendem Wortlaut.

George Hart+

worked early in the present century. He used a highly ornamented label.

Cecie Stainer+

A maker in Lorient (France) about 1812-29. His instruments are poor, the varnish is yellow colour.

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