Venice · about 1750
Historical maker
Named in 1 book.
What the books printed
Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 43.
DECONET (Michel) — Venice circa 1750 and Padua 1790. Probably a pupil of Montagana, this master sometimes followed Strad and Guarnerius. Generous brown red varnish. Arching a little accentuated. Make of value. No 146.
Same name
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.
Same town, same time
69 other Venice makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:
- 1742 to 1780 Deconet, Michele
- 1742 Deconeti, M.
- 1750 Paganoni, Antonio
- about 1750 Tassini, Bartolomeo
- 1754 Tassini, Bartolommeo
- 1757 Costa, P. A. dalla