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An encyclopedia of the violin, 1925

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1this he went to Clement as assistant, and in 1823 started an independent shop. He worked mostly after the Stradivarius and Guarnerius models, and his wood and varnish are faultless. He was also a dealer in violins and undertook long journeys through Italy, Spain, Germany and Russia in search of instruments made by the masters. Chanot's son is also famed for his wonderful copies of Joseph Guarnerius de Gesu's instruments. The label used by Chanot is reproduced on Plate 15.
3CHAPPUY, NICOLAS-AUGUSTIN, Paris, Mirecourt, b. about 1740, d. 1784.
4CHARDON, JOSEPH-MARIA, Paris, b. Paris, 1843.
5CHAROTTE, ——, Rouen, b. Mirecourt, d. 1836.
6CHERPITEL, NICOLAS-EMILE, Paris, b. Mirecourt, 1841, d. Paris, 1893.
7CHEVRIER, ANDRÉ-AUGUSTIN, Paris, Brussels, 1830 to 1840; b. Mirecourt.
8CHIARELLI, ANDREA, Messina, b. Messina, about 1675, d. 1699.
9CHIAVELLATI, DOMENICO, Lonigo, 1780 to 1796.
10CHIOCCHI, GAETANO, Padua, b. 1814, d. after 1880.
11CHRETIEN, HIPPOLYTE, gen. Silvestre, Lyon, Paris, b. Sommerville, 1845.
12CHRISTA, JOSEPH PAUL, Munich, 1730 to 1776.
13CIRCAPA, TOMASO, Naples, 1730 to 1735.
14CLAUDOT, AUGUSTIN, Mirecourt, 1840 to 1850.
15CLAUDOT, CHARLES II, Mirecourt, b. Mirecourt, 1794, d. 1876.
16CLEMENT, JEAN-LAURENT, Paris, 1783 to 1847.
17CLIQUOT, LOUIS-ALEXANDRE, Paris, 1756.
18COLE, JAMES, Manchester, 1850 to 1910.
19COLE, THOMAS, London (Holborn), 1672 to 1690.
20COLLICHON, MICHEL, Paris, 1670 to 1693.
21COLLIER, SAMUEL, London, 1775.
22COLLIN-MEZIN, CHARLES-JEAN-BAPTISTE, Paris, b. Mirecourt, 1841.
23COLLINGWOOD, JOSEPH, London, 1760.
24CONTRERAS, JOSÉ, Madrid, b. about 1710, d. about 1780.
25CONTRERAS, ——, Madrid, b. about 1751, d. 1827.
26CONWAY, WILLIAM, London, 1745 to 1750.
27CORDANO, GIACOMO FILIPPO, Genoa, 1770 to 1776.
28CORNELLI, CARLO, Cremona, 1702.
29CORSBY, ——, Northampton, 1770 to 1780.
30CORSBY, GEORGE, London, 1789 to 1830.
31COUSINEAU, GEORGES (OR PIERRE JOSEPH), Paris, 1769 to 1788.
32CRAMOND, CHARLES, Aberdeen, 1800 to 1834.
33CRASKE (CRASK), GEORGE, Bath, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Manchester, Stockport, b. Bury St. Edmunds, 1797, d. Stockport, 1888.
34CRISTOFORI (CRISTOFALI), BARTOLOMMEO, Florence, b. about 1667, d. after 1720.
35CROSS, NATHANIEL, London (Aldermanbury), 1700 to 1751.
36CROWTHER, JOHN, London, 1755, d. about 1810.
37CUNAULT, GEORGES, Paris, b. Paris, 1856.
38CUNY, ——, Paris, 1777 to 1778.
39CUPPIN, GIOVANNI.
40CUYPERS, JAN, Hague, b. 1719, d. after 1806.
41DALLA CORNA (DELLA CORNA), GIOVAN GIACOMO, Brescia, b. about 1484, d. after 1548.
42DALLA COSTA, PIETRO ANTONIO, Treviso, 1700 to 1768. Dalla Costa modeled his violins after those of the brothers Amati and Stradivarius; his workmanship is particularly clean-cut. He used a brownish red or a yellow varnish, and worked in both Mantua and Venice from about 1720 to 1757. His name and label have been misused by inferior makers, but there are several genuine specimens of his art in the possession of European collectors and dealers.
43D’AMBROSIO, ANTONIO, Naples, 1820.
44DANIEL, EDMOND, Marseilles, 1800 to 1850.
45DARDELLI, FRA PIETRO, Mantua, 1497 to 1500.
46DAVIDSON, HAY, Huntley, 1870.
47DAVIS (DAVIES), RICHARD, London, b. Busseage bei Stroud, about 1790, d. 1836.
48DEARLOVE, MARK, Leeds, 1812 to 1820.
49DE COMBLE, AMBROISE, Tournay, 1740 to 1785. A pupil of Stradivarius at Cremona. His violins are of great merit. The label used by De Comble is reproduced on Plate 15.
50DECONETTI, MICHELE, Venice, Padua, 1752 to 1795.
51DEFRESNE, PIERRE, Rouen, 1731 to 1745.
52DE LANNOY, H. J., Lille, 1740 to 1775.
53DELANY, JOHN, Dublin, 1808.
54DELAUNAY, ——, Paris, 1775.
55DELEPLANQUE, GERARD J., Lille, 1760 to 1790.

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