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

Lafleur

Paris · 1757 to 1833

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

Minted in place of an earlier record under this name, retired because the page prints separate entries it had joined as one person: Lafleur; Lafleur

What the books printed

Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 139.
LAFLEUR (Jacques) — Paris 1757-1833. Very fine and finished, this make is sought after. Good class bow maker, he has left a number of excellent sticks. He has been established at 30, rue de
Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 258, scan 282.
LAFLEUR, Jacques. A bow-maker in Paris. Excellent disciple of Tourte.
  • Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and the software judged them likely the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.
  • May be the same person as Lafleur

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 2 more Lafleur pages under L.

Same town, same time

267 other Paris makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

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