MV18/ 65 Circa 1920-1930 French 4/4 violin. Labelled: Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy & Co.

Two-piece back of regular broad curl maple ascending towards centre joint. Regular fine grained ribs with regular curl. Neck of wide grained maple and scroll of medium curl. Black ink on peg box and scroll chamfer. Front of of regular medium grain spruce. Amber brown colour spirit varnish. Ebony pegs and fingerboard with Wittner tailpiece.

Length of back: 35.8cms. Stop length: 19.4cms. String length: 32.5cms.

Louis Emile Jérôme Thibouville came from a family of long tradition (17^th century) woodwind and brass instrument makers in the traditional instrument-making town of La Couture-Boussey.

In 1857, spotting an opportunity in the growing market for stringed musical instruments, he joined forces with the Mirecourt company Husson-Buthod. Four years later he married in to the Lamy family and the firm became known as Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy or J.T.L.