Paris · towards 1823 to 1850
Historical maker
Named in 3 books.
Also recorded as: Persoit
What the books printed
Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 160.
PERSOIS — Paris towards 1830. Bowmaker. His works are marked on the stick, under the frog, thus: « P. R. S. » Having worked for J.-B. Vuillaume for over twenty …
Violin tone and violin makers, London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. Page 228, scan 250.
PERSOIS.—Paris; to about 1850. The name is usually spelt "Persoit." A clever bow-maker. Worked for Vuillaume and on his own account. Bows stamped P.R.S.
Old Violins And Their Makers, James M. Fleming. 1883. Page 326, scan 340.
Persoit, Paris—1823-41.
- Entries from 3 books stand under this name, and nobody has judged yet whether they mean the same person.
Same town, same time
230 other Paris makers have a year in the 1800s. A few of them:
- 1821 Laroche, Fils
- 1822 to 1870 Germain, J. L.
- 1822 to 1870 Germain, Joseph-Louis
- 1822 Mennegand, C.
- 1824 Thibout
- 1825 to 1850 Salle, le père