Violin Bow From Louis-joseph Morizot Workshop - Morizot Brothers, Unsigned

Violin Bow From the workshop founded by Louis-joseph Morizot Père (1874 - 1957), but produced by Morizot Frères, Unsigned, Monté Maillechort Weight: 55.5 g. Broken and glued at the beginning of the stick, in fairly good state of restoration Length 74.5 cm approximately Visual expertise in 2020 by the Cabinet of bow makers Jean-François RAFFIN, Yannick LE CANU and Sylvain BIGOT, Partners, 10 rue de Constantinople, 75008 Paris. Sold without certificate of expertise. BFCT-CDM-0589/408349 The restoration (old and not treated by our workshop) has two dowels and traces of glue, the tensioning of a wick has not been checked. This bow is therefore sold as non-functional and to be restored, restoration at the expense of the purchaser For information, the estimate of a bow of this type, in restored condition, is between 1500 and 2000 € MORIZOT frères : In 1937, the brothers took over the management of the family workshop and continued it under the name of "Morizot frères"; in a perfectly organized division of labor, each one performs the tasks which correspond best to his talent: Louis Gabriel Morizot worked mainly on bass arcs and frogs, Marcel Louis Morizot on simpler sticks, while André Auguste Morizot was the most skilled "bender" and made the best mounted bows in silver and gold. Paul Georges Morizot was in charge of winding, styling and polishing the bows, and Paul Charles Morizot, known as "the chef", ran the business and made frogs in the time that remained. After World War II the Morizot family enjoyed ten years of high productivity, during which they achieved their greatest commercial success, and one can only guess why they did not succeed in the generational change. Was the well-balanced family production too rigid to make room for grandchildren or talented apprentices. Did the strict orientation towards the traditional arch model play a role? While the French archery looked for new avenues in the 1960s, the star of the Morizot brothers collapsed, starting with the death of his father on August 15, 1957, followed by that of Paul Georges on July 23, 1959. Marcel Louis died on February 16, 1969, followed exactly one year later by Paul Charles. After the workshop closed in 1970, Louis Gabriel withdrew from Vittel and lived there until 2.6.1988. André Auguste Morizot settled down with the youngest of the brothers, René Morizot (1917-2001), who was the only luthier to become a bow maker, and worked as the last bow maker of the Morizot family until his death on 6.2. 1978.