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Franklin De Haven

Bluffington, b. 1856

Member of the National Academy of Design, New York. Self-taught maker. Stradivari designs of good workmanship with orange and red-brown varnish of his own make. Small output. Franklin DeHaven. N.A. / New York. 1911 — John Dilworth
Worked Bluffington
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DE HAVEN, Franklin Born 1856 Bluffton, Indiana, Worked from 1911 New York USA. Member of the National Academy of Design, New York. Self-taught maker. Stradivari designs of good workmanship with orange and red-brown varnish of his own make. Small output. Franklin DeHaven. N.A. / New York. 1911

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