Mirecourt School
Jean Francois
Mirecourt, worked 1742–1760
Ordinary work of the place and period, although so far no trace of this name has been found in the Mirecourt archives. Viols also known. Some branded: ‘François à Paris’. Manuscript label: Gian Françoit à / Mircour an Lorraine / Fai en 1758 — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
FRANÇOIS, Jean Worked circa. 1742-1760 Mirecourt France. Ordinary work of the place and period, although so far no trace of this name has been found in the Mirecourt archives. Viols also known. Some branded: ‘François à Paris’. Manuscript label: Gian Françoit à / Mircour an Lorraine / Fai en 1758
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Gewöhnlicher Mirecourter Meister. Seine Violen haben geschnitzte Wirbelkästen. Er bezeichnete seineGeigen gern als aus Paris stammend, und verwendete eine Brandmarke mit seinem Namen.
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Working in Mirecourt at the same time
Alexis Husson 1729–1784
Antoine Bailly worked 1760
Antoine Chevrier worked 1732–1775
Antoine Gerardin worked 1745–1748
Antoine Nicolas worked 1755–1780