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Nicolas Leonard TOURTE
TOURTE, Nicolas Léonard Born 1746, d.c.1807 Paris France. Bow maker, known as Tourte l’ainé. Son and pupil of Nicolas Pierre Tourte, below. One of the first specialist bow makers known and the founder of the great French tradition of the archetier. Trained with his father from c.1756. Worked alone after his death in 1764, in the ‘Quinze Vingts Hospice’ area of Paris. He was successful, making bows in the various forms then fashionable, with straight and convex sticks, although already with screw adjusted frogs. His work became much more standardised after 1770, when the type of bow espoused by the virtuoso Wilhelm Cramer was widely taken up. Tourte changed his style to incorporate the highe
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Price History
| Type | Title | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cello Bow | 78.5 g. Amourette | Thu 1st December 11 | £ 19022.00 |
| Cello Bow | Ivory 55.4 g. no hair or winding [In collaboration with "François Xavierâ€] | Tue 1st March 11 | £ 4743.00 |
| Violin Bow | 56 g. violin or viola bow, Exotic wood, no hair / winding (frog & button later) | Wed 1st December 10 | £ 3314.00 |
| Viola Bow | --/-- 63.5 g. (button later) | Wed 1st December 10 | £ 4660.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 54.5 g. frog & button made by "Persois", also with replica frog & button | Thu 1st April 10 | £ 21997.00 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 75.5 g. | Thu 1st April 10 | £ 31424.00 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 78 g. Paris [Ascribed to] | Thu 1st October 09 | £ 4800.00 |
| Violin Bow | 51 g. without hair or winding | Mon 1st June 09 | £ 16076.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 58.5 g. [composite of two bows by same, grafted below wrapping] | Sun 1st March 09 | £ 11700.00 |
| Cello Bow | Ebony 80.4 g. Exotic wood (frog & button a copy) | Sat 1st November 08 | £ 3593.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 57.5 g. France, 1780 c. [Attributed to] | Wed 1st October 08 | £ 3000.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 54 g. Paris, 1790 c. (later frog) [Probably by & Lit: The Cooper Collection] | Sat 1st March 08 | £ 6000.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 50 g. without hair or winding (frog and button of "Voirin" school) | Sat 1st December 07 | £ 10636.00 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 74.5 g. Paris, 1785 c. [Probably by] | Sun 1st April 07 | £ 7884.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 54 g. Paris, 1790 c. [Probably by] | Wed 1st November 06 | £ 1920.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 57.5 g. [Ascribed to and possibly by] | Mon 1st May 06 | £ 9198.00 |
| Violin Bow | ?/? 43.5 g. without hair or wrapping | Thu 1st December 05 | £ 4789.00 |
| Violin Bow | 55.5 g. Exotic wood | Thu 1st December 05 | £ 5188.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 58.5 g. Frog by "Jacob Eury" | Tue 1st November 05 | £ 8538.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 57 g. (spliced under winding) | Wed 1st June 05 | £ 5143.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 53.5 g. | Wed 1st December 04 | £ 9360.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 60 g. (head spline) | Fri 1st October 04 | £ 1262.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 50 g. (minor blemishes) | Sun 1st December 02 | £ 12387.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 58 g. (later frog & button) | Tue 1st October 02 | £ 7256.00 |
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