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Prosper Devylder

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John Dilworth

DEVYLDER, Prosper Born 1908 Roubaix France. Apprenticed to Boulangeot in Brussels and worked for Auguste Falisse in the same city. Worked in collaboration with E. Slosse; instruments are labelled with both names. Retired from violin making c.1945. Very successful Stradivari and Guarneri models with good varnish, shaded red-brown on golden ground. Ad Antonii Stradivari normam / E. Slosse & P. Devylder / fecerunt Bruxelles / A°.. No.. M.. C.. Breveté

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