Paris School
Belleville
Paris, worked 1812
Amateur maker of eccentric models. One example of 1823 in the Musée de la Musique, Paris with sculpted head, rather crude. Another of 1812 in the Brussels Musical Instruments Museum is of guitar form. Fait par Belleville / amateur à Paris / en 1823 Segon violon fait par Belleville / étalier boucher \u{2026} — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+
BELLEVILLE Worked circa. 1812/1823 Paris France. Amateur maker of eccentric models. One example of 1823 in the Musée de la Musique, Paris with sculpted head, rather crude. Another of 1812 in the Brussels Musical Instruments Museum is of guitar form. Fait par Belleville / amateur à Paris / en 1823 Segon violon fait par Belleville / étalier boucher / anno 1812
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Erfinder einer Geige von neuer, aber wenig ansprechender Form im Museum
des Pariser Conservatoriums. (No. 35.)
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