Richard (I) Meares
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John Dilworth
MEARES, Richard (I) Born circa. 1647, died 1725 London UK. Important viol maker. Several violins attributed to him. Probably an apprentice of Henry Jaye. Established on Half Moon Alley, Bishopsgate. In 1699 he moved to Leadenhall Street, Cornhill at the ‘Golden Viol’ and in 1706 to St Paul’s Churchyard, this time under the sign of the ‘Golden Viol & Hautboy’. Meares, like many of his contemporaries, was actively engaged in music publishing as well as instrument making. His viols are exemplary of the elegant English viol which was the most admired and prized throughout Europe. Cellos, violas, and violins are recorded. Violins are very much in the early English style of Urquhart, made with through necks and without separate upper blocks. Dark red-brown varnish. Richard Meares without Bishops / gate Lond 1682 Richard Meares / London 1700 Ricardos Meares / Londini 1702 Richard Meares. 1736. / Instrument Music Fabric in area / Boreali. D.Pauli apud Londinates Richard Meares / without Bishopsgate / near to Sir Paul Pinders / London. Fecit 1677. [BVMA]
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