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JOSEPH HENRY (December 10, 1823, Mirecourt – 1870, Paris) Trained in Mirecourt, his hometown, Joseph Henry left his region at a very young age for Paris, where, at the age of fourteen, he began working at Chanot. He then joined Dominique Peccatte until the latter's return to Mirecourt in 1848. Joseph then briefly partnered with Pierre Simon before...
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JOSEPH HENRY (December 10, 1823, Mirecourt – 1870, Paris) Trained in Mirecourt, his hometown, Joseph Henry left his region at a very young age for Paris, where, at the age of fourteen, he began working at Chanot. He then joined Dominique Peccatte until the latter's return to Mirecourt in 1848. Joseph then briefly partnered with Pierre Simon before...
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FRANÇOIS NICOLAS VOIRIN (December 19, 1833, Mirecourt – 1885, Paris) The son of Nicolas Voirin, a gardener and organ builder, François Nicolas Voirin learned bow making from Jean Simon, the older brother of Nicolas Simon. He moved to Paris in 1855, where he worked for Vuillaume as a master trainer, supervising numerous apprentices. In 1870, he opened his own workshop...
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DOMINIQUE PECCATTE (July 15, 1810, Mirecourt – 1874, Mirecourt) The son of a wigmaker, Dominique Peccatte began working at Vuillaume in 1826, where he was trained by Persoit. Around 1836, he left the workshop to work with François Lupot, whose workshop he took over after Lupot's death in 1838. He collaborated briefly with his younger brother François from...
SOLDGEORGES FRÉDÉRIC SCHWARTZ (April 7, 1785, STRASBOURG – December 29, 1849, STRASBOURG) A native of Strasbourg, Georges Frédéric Schwartz, son of luthier Bernard Schwartz, learned the art of stringed instrument and bow making from his father. From the 1810s onwards, he specialized in making bows in the Tourte style, paying particular attention to the choice...
