Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Breton, François

Mirecourt · b. about 1750, d. 1830

Historical maker

Named in 3 books.

Also recorded as: Breton, F.

What the books printed

An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 15, scan 37. Held as more than one scan.
BRETON, FRANÇOIS, Mirecourt, b. about 1750, d. 1830. Breton's work was not as artistic as it was clean-cut. He preferred a large model and …
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Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 108.
BRETON (F.) — Mirecourt towards 1820. Innumerable are the instruments bearing the mark of « F. Breton, luthier de S. A. R. Mme la Duchesse …
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Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922. Page 59, scan 63.
Breton, François. — Mirecourt. Geb. in Mirecourt um 1750, † 1830
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  • Entries from 3 books stand under this name, and the software judged them near-certain the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.

Same town, same time

386 other Mirecourt makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

All Mirecourt makers