Guitar by Jean ROWIES in model GELAS, made in Paris (France) in 1947.
Instrument with double-table invented and patented by Lucien GELAS in Paris in 1905.
Spruce tables edged with ebony and maple stringing, the folded first one pass under the second one creating a resonating space.
Maple ribs, two piece back, neck and head.
Brass tuning machine, ebony fingerboard with 21 frets.
Labelled : Instruments ROWIES / MARQUE DEPOSEE
/ GUITARE / N° 2191 1947 /
121, Rue Ordener - PARIS
C.F. : 'La guitare - the guitar - la chitarra - Paris 1650-1950', SINIER de RIDDER, Edizioni Il Salabue, 2007, pp. 70, 71, 196, 197.
