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Author:  David LaPlante [ Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:16 am ]
Post subject:  Favorite Rosettes
One of the luthiers whose work I particularly like is the late Manouk Papazian. He was an Armenian born in 1911 and was active as a guitar maker from the middle 50's through the early 80's. He died in 1998.
A precocious talent as a youth, he was designing rugs at age 13.
Take a look at two of his rosettes, This use of the column/arch motif predates that of Jose Romanillos by ten years :
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PapazianManouk_1963-rosette.jpg

Also the incorporation of his name into the design seems to be unique:
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Author:  Marc [ Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Favorite Rosettes
Enlightening, I always thought the column-arch idea was a Romanillos original.
Author:  Alexandru Marian [ Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Favorite Rosettes
I'm crazy about some of Torres'. Check out this copy. Unfortunately i did not note who is the maker.
Author:  David LaPlante [ Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:54 pm ]
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Alex, This is my copy of the Torres SE 114 that I did a couple of years ago:
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Author:  Alexandru Marian [ Sat Mar 15, 2008 4:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Favorite Rosettes
a w e s o m e [clap]

more pics of her?
Author:  David LaPlante [ Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:33 am ]
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More pics:

http://picasaweb.google.com/d28swdlp/TorresSE114
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