Lyon School
Fevrot
Lyon, d. 1813
Worked in London from 1789, possibly to avoid the effects of the French Revolution and subsequent military conscription, returning to Lyons in 1798. Not prolific. Stradivari model with rather broad purfling and plain yellow varnish. Scroll outlined in black in the manner of Stradivari. Branded withi\u{2026} — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
FÉVROT Worked circa. 1789 London UK, died 1813 Lyons France. Worked in London from 1789, possibly to avoid the effects of the French Revolution and subsequent military conscription, returning to Lyons in 1798. Not prolific. Stradivari model with rather broad purfling and plain yellow varnish. Scroll outlined in black in the manner of Stradivari. Branded within: ‘Févrot’ Fait par Févrot / à Lyon 18.. M. Févrot / No 1, Hollis Street./ Soho, London 1789
Cecie Stainer+
Worked in Lyons from 1780 to 1813. His work was poor. In an old Italian guitar was the label: ” Racomode par Fevrot, a Lyon, 1788.”
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Die wenigen von ihm bekannten Geigen sind von handwerksmässiger Arbeit. Er scheint
jedoch als Reparateur viel beschäftigt gewesen zu sein. Seine Zettel sind geschrieben.
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Working in Lyon at the same time
Joseph Bassot 1740–1808