A truly stunning bow in first class condition with no damage and in near mint condition here is an exceptional bow. This bow is original in all areas with the exception of the lapping, even the screw and eye are original. The only area worked on apart from a rehair was a scratch on the underside of the stick, otherwise this bow is in mint first class condition. This era of Maire is my favourite to both play on and study, before he turned to making more like Dominique Peccatte as his type of design became the fashionable bow in the 1850’s in Paris. This bow is provided with a certificate from Cabinet d’Archetiers Paris.
By the early 1840s Maire was experiencing financial difficulties, mainly due to the prevalent economic crisis in France. It seemed his decision was to further improve his bows and enter the 1844 Paris exhibition to put his bows centre of the musical influences in Paris at the time. His style is very close to Etienne Pajeot a colleague he would have known, indeed he possibly trained with Pajeot, there are Maire bows correctly stamped Pajeot so he clearly had an association with him. He clearly also was friends with both Dominique Peccatte and Nicolas Maline.
