The firm Husson et Duchêne was established in Paris in 1839 by two luthiers Claude Charles Husson (1811-1893) and Jean-Baptiste Colin Duchêne (b. c.1800-d.1889)  This French romantic classical guitar was made between 1841-1845 when their shop was at Rue Grenéta, no 13.  This firm eventually gave birth to Thibouville-Lamy, the largest purveyor of musical instruments in France. When Duchêne left the partnership in 1848, Husson took on a new partner, Charles Buthod (1810-1889). In 1861, they were joined by Jerome Thibouville. The firm of Husson, Buthod, and Thibouville brought together regional factories which made woodwinds at la Couture, brass instruments at Paris-Grenville, and string instruments (including guitars) at Mirecourt. By 1867, the partnership had become simply the firm Thibouville-Lamy. By 1900, Thibouville-Lamy had branches in London and New York. This firm, in fact, still exists. This little finely made French guitar has birds-eye maple back and sides, a very close grain spruce top, probably from some long extinct European forest, and a very lovely engraved rosette made of mother-of-pearl. Machine heads with ivory rollers. The scale is 625mm, with a 47mm nut. The tone is romantic, with intensely concentrated trebles, firm basses, and excellent volume. This Husson et Duchene classsical guitar has been restored and is in excellent condition.

1845 Husson et Duchene played by Maya Rafajlovic