violin bow
Jean Jacques Millant
built in Paris in ± 1970
A violin bow, made by Jean Jacques Millant in Paris, ca. 1970. Round shaft, silver mount, and ebony frog.
History of this instrument
In 2004, the Musical Instrument Fund received a violin and three bows on loan from a private collector. This Millant bow was part of that collection and was first played by Stellina Sleightholme-Albanis. Elise ten Westenend and Marie-Claire Boel have also played this French bow. In 2022, we purchased the three bows from the lender at a greatly reduced price, thereby changing their status to ownership, and the Music Instrument Fund’s collection was enriched with several beautiful instruments. Yente Lottman played the bow for quite some time; currently, the Parisian bow is in the possession of Emil Giacometti.
About the builder Jean Jacques Millant
Jean-Jacques Millant was a bow maker with a keen sense of aesthetics. He combined his vision of beauty and his preference for geometry with the highest possible level of craftsmanship. He designed bow sleeves that were radically...