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Georges (II) Chanot

Highest auction price

£26,400

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin Bow	S/E 56 g. [Workshop of]	Wed 1st December 2010	£480
Violin	35.4 cm Paris [Attributed to]	Mon 1st March 2010	£26,400
Violin Bow	S/E 58 g. [Possibly by]	Thu 1st February 2001	£752
Violin Bow	S/E 59 g.	Wed 1st November 2000	£978
Violin	1854	Fri 1st March 1996	£1,955
Cello Bow	S/E 84 g.	Thu 1st June 1989	£1,650
Viola Bow	S/E 65 g.	Wed 1st June 1988	£1,100
Cello Bow	S/E 75 g.	Sat 1st November 1986	£440

Biographies

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John Dilworth

CHANOT, Georges (II) Born 1831 Paris France, died 1895 London UK. Son and pupil of Georges Chanot (I), above. Worked in father’s workshop. Assistant to Maucotel in London 1851-1857. Established own business premises at 86 Wardour Street 1858 and at no. 137 in the same street 1862. He was joined briefly at that address by his half-brother Joseph Chardon. Gained a very high reputation and ‘mention honourable’ at the Paris Exhibition 1878. Chief fame now rests on his very fine Guarneri copies which display a very close knowledge and sympathy with the very personal style of Guarneri del Gesù. Reputation as a connoisseur and businessman slightly tarnished by involvement in the notorious Hodges case of 1881. In this dispute over the authenticity of a Bergonzi Chanot gave a rather disingenuous testimony, betraying to the public a cynical attitude to business practice. He had in fact inserted the false Bergonzi label himself. At the end of his life he made a substantial contribution to the foundation of the musical instrument collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, now sadly defunct. Bows with his brand rather heavy but well-finished work. Violin de Maître / Finished, fitted up, and varnished with best oil varnish / George Chanot, London, 1883.