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    Amati > Makers Archive > D > Jean Desplat

    Jean Desplat

    Seriac, 1870–1925

    A French Army Officer, Commandant of the 1st Artillery regiment of Angoulême, and amateur violin maker. No more than a dozen instruments recorded with yellow amber varnish and good workmanship. — John Dilworth
    Worked Seriac
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    DESPLAT, Jean Born 1870 Seriac, Dordogne, died 1925 Angoulême France. A French Army Officer, Commandant of the 1st Artillery regiment of Angoulême, and amateur violin maker. No more than a dozen instruments recorded with yellow amber varnish and good workmanship.

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