Paris School
Pierre Lepileur
Paris, worked 1725–1760
Also known as ‘Pietro Le Pilieri’. Amateur maker. Poor work on narrow model. Dull brown varnish. Cellos deemed slightly more acceptable. Pierre Le Pileur, privilégiéz du Roy / dans l’abbaye Saint-Germain, à Paris / 1754 — John Dilworth
Auction price history
Highest auction price
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | 35.5 cm Paris, 1749 | October 2011 | £3,500 |
| Violin | 34.9 cm 1755 c. [Attributed to] | October 2010 | £2,253 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Paris, 1760 c. | May 2006 | £2,299 |
| Viola | 39.9 cm France, 1760 c. | November 2005 | £4,200 |
| Violin | 1748 | March 1995 | £2,300 |
| Viola | 41.4 cm 1750 | July 1985 | £2,420 |
Biographies
The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:
John Dilworth+
LEPILEUR, Pierre Worked circa. 1725-1760 Paris France. Also known as ‘Pietro Le Pilieri’. Amateur maker. Poor work on narrow model. Dull brown varnish. Cellos deemed slightly more acceptable. Pierre Le Pileur, privilégiéz du Roy / dans l’abbaye Saint-Germain, à Paris / 1754
Cecie Stainer+
A maker in Paris about 1750-55. He worked in connection with the Abbaye Saint-Germain, thus gaining certain privileges, it no longer being necessary for him to go through the expensive ceremony of being received into the Corporation of Instrument makers; he was also exempt from taxes. His instruments are not particularly good, of rather a long pattern, and with ugly brown varnish.
Label: “Pierre Le Pileur, privilegiez du Roy dans I’abbaye Saint-Germain A Paris, 1754 ” ; a similar label is dated 1752-
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Wenig bekannter Geigenmacher. Er wendete ein unschönes, langes Modell und einen schlechten, rothbraunen Lack an. Er soll sich auch »Pietro Le Pilieri« genannt haben.
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