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Rowan Armour-brown

Highest auction price

£1,380

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Viola 41.3 cm Italy,1975 Mon 1st November 2004 £1,380
Viola 41.2 cm Lichfield, 1979 Mon 1st March 2004 £900
Violin 1977 Fri 1st November 1985 £880
Biographies

John Dilworth

ARMOUR-BROWN, Rowan Born 1948, died 1996, Worked Newark, Nottinghamshire UK. Pupil of G. B. Morassi at Cremona 1972-1975, subsequently working for G. Solomon in Somerset 1976. Established independently and produced many fine instruments, winning awards at Newark in 1976, Strathclyde 1977, and London ‘Facta Britannica’ 1981. Taught extensively in Loughborough, Cambridge, and Newark. Very refined personal model derived from classical proportions, finely and accurately finished with full coating of rich clear red-brown varnish. Rowan Armour-Brown / no.. / Made in Newark 1992

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