Charles Meriotte
Highest auction price
£11,021
Auction price history
Type | Details | Sold | Price |
---|---|---|---|
Cello | 74.8 cm Lyon, 1760 | Wed 1st June 2011 | £11,021 |
Viola | 38.5 cm Lyon, 1756 (soundpost break restoration) | Fri 1st December 2006 | £1,518 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
MERIOTTE, Charles Born 1720 Manvieux, Caen, Worked circa. 1763-1770 Paris France. Trained in Mirecourt, active in Lyon, c.1750-1763, thereafter established in Paris. Work in the old Mirecourt style with dull yellow-brown or red-yellow varnish. Decent workmanship, neat purfling, and flat arching. Carolus Meriotte, ab extremo Pontis faxei / juxta Forum-Argentarium fecit Lugduni / anno 1756 Meriotte, luthier sur le Pont / près le Change à Lyon, 1756
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