Scan 280
Critical & Documentary Dictionary of Violin Makers Old and Modern, 1928
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1workmanship lacks distinction. His reputation was fairly great in America, where he went towards 1850.
3KRUCKER (Jacob) — Saint-Joseph (Missouri). Contemporary maker.
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7LAGARENNE (Louis-Auguste) — Brussels. Born in 1889 at Mirecourt. This maker was apprenticed to the Maison Derazey at Mirecourt. Son-in-law of Hilaire Darche and his collaborator since 1908, he was granted a diploma of collaborator and a Silver Medal at the Ghent Exhibition of 1913. No 419.
9LAMBLIN or LAMBIN — Ghent 1820. Chiefly known as a repairer.
11LARGE (Martin) — New-York (147 E. 16th St.). Contemporary maker.
13LAUMANN (Robert) — Budapest circa 1870. Stradivarius model. Supple yellow varnish. Good make.
15LAURENT (Emile) — Brussels 1854-1914. Born at Mirecourt. After a thorough apprenticeship with Auguste Darte of Mirecourt he joined the workshop of Joseph Hel at Lille, leaving towards 1900 to establish himself at Brussels, rue de la Clé. His good class work has earned him the following awards: Diploma with honours at Liège 1905, Gold Medal, Brussels 1910, Diploma with honours at Ghent 1910. He followed the Stradivari and Guarnerius models. His varnish is brown-red or gold-yellow. All his violins are coated with an oil varnish, the latter perhaps a little too rich and having a tendency to crackle. His production has been enormous. Nos 406-407.
17LAURENT (Albert) — Brussels. Contemporary master maker and expert. Born at Mirecourt in 1884. Pupil of his father. He worked after the Stradivarius, Guarnerius and also Andrea Guarnerius models. His oil and lac varnish is brown-red or yellow-brown. He uses his father's label and signs across it in ink: « Laurent fils ».
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