French backs

[Adrian Levi]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

No. I see more or as many Flat Back French basses than Round Back. I have not seen any French Basses before 1800 that I can recall.

Where did you hear this from?

I read this on page 14 of this paper pdf on a study of round vs flat backs , there is a chart on page 14 that goes through the centuries of back design ..

http://iwk.mdw.ac.at/Forschung/pdf_d...ssertation.pdf