Charles Claude Francois Darche
Highest auction price
£6,512
Auction price history
Type | Details | Sold | Price |
---|---|---|---|
Viola | 40.0 cm Brussels, 1867 | Wed 1st October 2008 | £5,850 |
Violin | Brussels, 1870 c. | Tue 1st November 2005 | £3,790 |
Violin | Brussels, 1861 [Workshop] | Wed 1st December 2004 | £6,512 |
Violin | 1849 | Mon 1st May 2000 | £2,677 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
DARCHE, Charles Claude François Born 1821 Mirecourt France, died 1874 Brussels Belgium. Pupil of N. F. Vuillaume in Brussels. Established his own shop there in 1845. Stradivari model, high quality work, but often blamed for deleterious wood treatments used to age the materials artificially. Thin hard varnish of poor quality. Entered a quartet at Munich Exhibition 1854. Highly regarded restorer who worked extensively on the Andrea Amati cello from the ‘Charles IX’ set. Fait par C. F. Darche / Luthier Bruxelles. 18.. / No.. No.. / Carolus Claudius Darche / fecit Bruxellis anno Domini, 18..
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