Nancy

42 makers. The earliest year printed is 1511, the latest 1900.

Every maker here has Nancy in a printed line.

1500s

• 1511 Rodilli, Luigi
  Rodilli, Luigi. — Nancy. 1511.
• born 1575 Médard, Claude II.
  Médard, Claude II. — Nancy. Geb. um 1575, lebte noch 1628
• 1576 to 1636 Médard, Sébastien
  Médard, Sébastien, b. about 1576; d. 1636; probably another son of Claude Médard. A maker, first at Nancy then at Paris, about 1600-36.
• born 1598 Médard, Nicolas
  Médard, Nicolas, son of Claude Médard; b. about 1598, was living in Nancy in 1658. He followed the Amati pattern, his instruments are small, and the tone, though soft and silvery, lacks power; the varnish is very beautiful. Labels are known dated 1615, 1655 and 1660.

1600s

• 1620 to 1630 Médard, Henri
  Médard, Henri, son of Claude Médard, also a maker. A maker at Nancy and Paris about 1620-30, there being a record of his marriage to Anne …
• 1620 Médard, Henry I.
  Médard, Henry I. — Nancy. 1620. 1629
• 1620 Médard, Jean
  Médard, Jean. — Nancy. 1620
• 1623 Médard, Claude IV.
  Médard, Claude IV. — Nancy. Getauft 10. März 1623
• died 1625 Médard, François I.
  Médard, François I. — Nancy. † vor 1625
• 1628 Médard, Nicolas III
  Médard, Nicolas III. — Nancy. Getauft 28. Jan. 1628, lebte noch 1672/73 in (der Altstadt) Nancy.
• born 1629 Médard, Henri II.
  Médard, Henri II. — (Turin). 1646. Geb. 10. Febr. 1629 in Nancy
• died 1631 Médard, François II.
  Médard, François II. — Nancy. † in Nancy 31. Juli 1631
• died 1637 Drouin, Claude
  Drouin, Claude. — Nancy. † 24. Aug. 1637
• 1666 Médard, Antoine
  Médard, Antoine. — Nancy. Getauft am 28. Okt. 16211), lebte noch 1666
• 1669 Maurice, Claude
  Maurice, Claude. — Nancy. 1669

1700s

• 1724 Pérignon, Nicolas
  Pérignon, Nicolas. — Nancy. 1724
• 1730 to 1747 Touly, Jean
  Touly, Jean. A maker in Nancy about 1730-47. Label: "Fait par moy Jean Touly, à Nancy, 1747."
• about 1735 Touly, J.
  TOULY (J.) — Nancy circa 1735. Ordinary make. No 299.
• 1737 Pidelot, François
  Pidelot, François. — Nancy. 1737
• 1737 Pidolet, François
  Pidolet (François), luthier à Nancy, est parrain, le 15 janvier 1737, paroisse Saint-Roch, à Nancy, du fils de Nicolas de Labbaye.
• 1737 Piolot, François
  Piolot (François), luthier à Nancy, est parrain, le 15 janvier 1737, paroisse Saint-Roch, à Nancy, du fils de Nicolas de Labbaye.
• 1750 Defrousseaux, Nicolas
  DEFROUSSEAUX (Nicolas) — Nancy 1750. Good make of medium value, with light yellow varnish.
• 1760 to 1775 Didelin, Joseph
  Didelin, Joseph. A maker in Nancy about 1765-75, at the sign "de la Guitare des Dames de France." The few instruments known of his are inferior. An alto is dated 1775.
• 1760 Lambert
  LAMBERT, —— Nancy, 1760. A prolific but not very careful maker, which gained him the name of the Lute Carpenter.
• 1775 to 1787 Bourgard, Jean
  Bourgard, Jean. Worked in Nancy about 1780-87. In a violin, well made, with red varnish, was the label: "F' par moi, Bourgard, facteur d'instruments, rue de la Poissonnerie à Nancy, 1786."

1800s

• 1804 to 1880 Jacquot, Charles I.
  Jacquot, Charles I. — Nancy, später Paris. Geb. in Mirecourt 1804, † zu St Maur les Fossés 30. März 1880.
• 1815 to 1889 Duchêne, Jean-Baptiste-Colin
  Duchêne, Jean-Baptiste-Colin. — Nancy. Geb. um 1815 in Nancy, † 25. Jan. 1889
• 1825 to 1826 Warnecke, L.-G.
  WARNECKE (L.-G.) — Nancy towards 1825. A good workman who has left good copies. He branded his initials between the feet of the bridge.
• 1828 Jacquot, C. (son)
  Jacquot, C. (son), Nancy—from 1828.
• 1828 to 1900 Lacot, Pierre Charles
  LACOT, PIERRE CHARLES, Nancy, b. 1828, d. 1900.
• born 1828 Pierre Charles
  PIERRE CHARLES, born 1828, was his son, and took over the business in Nancy. He died there in 1895, and also received medals. Well-finished work, usually of Stradivari pattern. Two of his sons, ETIENNE CHARLES ALBERT, born 1853, and JULES VICTOR, born 1855, have carried on the business.
• 1848 Rolin, Charles
  Rolin, Charles. — Nancy. 1848
• born 1853 Jacquot, Etienne Charles Albert
  Jacquot, Etienne Charles Albert, eldest son of Pierre Charles Jacquot, b. Sept. 18, 1853, Nancy. Learnt under his father, and was associated with him in …
• born 1853 Jaquot, Etienne Charles Albert
  Jaquot, Etienne Charles Albert. — Nancy. Geb. in Nancy 18. Sept. 1853.
• born 1884 Jacquot, Fernand
  JACQUOT (Fernand) — Nancy. Contemporary master maker born in 1884. Son and successor of the one preceding. Pupil of Mougenot-Gauché. Valuable modern make.
• 1897 Bastien, E.
  Bastien, E. — Nancy. 1897.

No year printed

• no year Bougard, Simon
  BOUGARD (Simon) — Nancy end of xvii th century. Pochettes or kits.
• no year Lambert, Nancy
  LAMBERT, Nancy, 18th century.
• no year Renault
  Renault, Nicolas A French maker about the end of the 16th century. Is said to have been a pupil of Tywersus (a maker in Nancy), and afterwards to have worked in Paris.
• no year Renault, Nicolas
  Renault, Nicolas. A French maker about the end of the 16th century. Is said to have been a pupil of Tywersus (a maker in Nancy), and afterwards to have worked in Paris.
• no year Tywersus
  Tywersus, Nancy—16th century.
• no year Tywersus, Nancy (Lothringen)
  TYWERSUS, Nancy (Lothringen), 16th century.

The books that name them

• Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922
• Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell, 1928
• A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer
• Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904
• Old Violins And Their Makers, James M. Fleming, 1883
• An Encyclopedia of the Violin, Alberto Bachmann, 1925
• The violin: its famous makers and their imitators. : With several wood engravings from photographs of the works of Stradiuarius, Guarnerius, Amati, and others, Hart, 1880
• Violins and violin makers. Biographical dictionary of the great Italian artistes, their followers and imitators, to the present time. With essays on important subjects connected with the violin, Pearce, 1866
• Essai de répertoire des artistes lorrains: les luthiers, 1903
• Violin tone and violin makers, 1916
• La lutherie lorraine et française depuis ses origines jusqu'à nos jours d'après les archives locales, 1912

Some names appear twice under different spellings. Each is one book's spelling.