Rouen School
Lucien Deleau
Rouen, worked 1830–1858
Chiefly a repairer and restorer, employed by Charotte and later Jeandel whose shop he subsequently took over. In 1858 he passed the business over to his son who was not a violin maker. — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
DELEAU, Lucien Worked circa. 1830-1858 Rouen France. Chiefly a repairer and restorer, employed by Charotte and later Jeandel whose shop he subsequently took over. In 1858 he passed the business over to his son who was not a violin maker.
Cecie Stainer+
In 1836 (on the death of Charotte) he joined Jeandel in violin making and they continued the business at 36, rue Beauvoisine, Rouen, until 1848.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Er ist nur als Nachfolger Charotte’s, dessen Geschäft er in der Rue Beauvoisine
No. 36 mit P. N. Jeandel und nach 1848 allein fortführte, bekannt und
hat sich auf das Ausbessern alter Instrumente beschränkt. Nach seinem Tode
wurde sein Sohn, der jedoch kein Geigenbauer ist, sein Geschäftsnachfolger.
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Working in Rouen at the same time
Paul Emile Bienfait worked 1857