Claude Thomassin

Price range: 20-50'000.-

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J.F. Raffin Certificate

Thomassin, Claude was son and pupil of Louis (Mirecourt 1870 - 1942 ) Studied with Bazin. also made fine bows in Paris, based on Voirin's model.
Claude Thomassin has been called one of the best makers of his generation. He learned at the end of the 19th century in the Bernardel shop; stamped Gand & Bernardel, this is one of his earliest bows. He set up his own atelier in the Rue de Paris in 1901. Several years head of the bow department at the Gand and Bernardel establishment, Paris. Opened own premises in the rue de Paradis, 1901. Bows which admirably realise that elasticity constitutes an inseparable part of strength. Beautifully designed heads. Chocolate coloured sticks thinly graduated, but so ingeniously as not to be incompatible with a certain amount of resisting power. Stamped “C. Thomassin à Paris”. Many examples from around 1920. Slim and elegant sticks yet with Modern strength and design.