Franz Sales Wornle
c.1758–1819
c.1819. Son of Georg Wörnle, below. Klotz school. Neat work. Varnish of various shades and consistencies, from thin golden yellow to thicker red-brown. Branded: ‘F.W.’ Franz Wörnle in / Mittenwald ao.1796 Franz Wörle. Geigenmacher zu Mit- / tenwald an der Iser, 1819 — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+
Franz Sales Born 1758, d.c.1819. Son of Georg Wörnle, below. Klotz school. Neat work. Varnish of various shades and consistencies, from thin golden yellow to thicker red-brown. Branded: ‘F.W.’ Franz Wörnle in / Mittenwald ao.1796 Franz Wörle. Geigenmacher zu Mit- / tenwald an der Iser, 1819
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Sohn von Georg W. Es giebt gute, aber auch sehr flüchtig gearbeitete Geigen von ihm.
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