Louis Henri Gillet cello bow, Paris circa 1940

Louis Henri Gillet cello bow, Paris circa 1940
Catalog ID: A-CEB/4666

French bow maker Louis Henri Gillet (1891-1970) apprenticed under Auguste Barbé in Mirecourt before going to work for the Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy company. Gillet returned to Mirecourt to work for the Laberte-Humbert Frères firm after serving in World War I. He then moved to Dijon in the 1920s to establish his own workshop, where he built bows for various violin shops. In 1934, Gillet succeeded Jules Fétique as Eugene Sartory's assistant in Paris for over a decade. After Sartory's death in 1946, Gillet worked for Sartory's son-in-law, violin maker Georges Dupuy, for a short time.

Octagonal. Ebony and silver fittings. 4/4
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Instrument Style Gillet, Louis Henri