Brussels · b. about 1820, d. 1874
Historical maker
Named in 2 books.
Also recorded as: Darche, Charles-François
What the books printed
Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 260.
DARCHE (Charles-F.) — Brussels 1820-1874. Originally from Mirecourt. This maker was a pupil of N.-F. Vuillaume of Brussels. His work would be perfect had he not attempted to age his woods by artificial means.
Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922. Page 94, scan 98.
Darche, Charles-François. — Brüssel. Geb. in Mirecourt um 1820, † 1874
- Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and nobody has judged yet whether they mean the same person.
Same name
- Darche
- Darche, Charles-François (merged into Darche, Charles-F.)
- Darche, Hilaire
- Darche, Jos
- Darche, Joseph
- Darche, Nic
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 3 more Darche pages under D.
Same town, same time
22 other Brussels makers have a year in the 1800s. A few of them:
- 1801 Gygot, Antoine
- 1802 to 1876 Vuillaume, Nic
- 1802 to 1876 Vuillaume, Nicolas-François
- 1824 to 1867 Darche, Joseph
- 1828 Vuillaume, N. F.
- 1840 to 1880 Darche, Paul