Mirecourt School
Mathieu Nicolas
Mirecourt, 1666–1716
Senior member of this extensive family of violin makers. Workmanship in no way remarkable. Dull red or yellow varnish. Branded: ‘M. Nicolas’ — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
Mathieu Born 1666, died 1716. Senior member of this extensive family of violin makers. Workmanship in no way remarkable. Dull red or yellow varnish. Branded: ‘M. Nicolas’
Cecie Stainer+
Is mentioned as a maker in Mirecourt. His instruments were of ordinary workmanship, sometimes with yellow, sometimes with red varnish, Nicolas. In a five-stringed viol was the inscription ” a Verdun par Nicolas des Rousseaux, 1755.”
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Vielleicht der Stammvater der Familie. Handwerksmässige Arbeit, gelber
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Working in Mirecourt at the same time
Antoine Mougenot worked 1682–1689