Leon Fischesser
Geneva, Paris, 1861–1937
Worked in Geneva 1885, Staufen in Baden 1900, Mulhausen 1904, and Paris in the Faubourg Poissonière 1905, then Avenue de Villiers 1914. Collaborated with Lucien Greilsamer in varnish research c.1906. Made instruments for the Sevcik quartet 1907. Fine work on Stradivari model. — John Dilworth
Auction Price History
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| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label, fair condition Lot 207 | Laurent | January 2024 | £4,255est. € 4.000-6.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Léon Fischesser, Luthier d'Art 48, Faubourg Poissonnière. Paris l'an 1907 No. 46 Lot 151 | Tarisio | November 2023 | £5,809est. $ 6,000-9,000 |
| Violin | Bergonzi model, bearing the maker's label Lot 153 | Vichy | June 2023 | £8,549est. € 7.000-8.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Fischesser et Lucien Greilsamer n. 13 Lot 73 | Vichy | June 2017 | £1,984est. € 2.000-3.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label Lot 407 | Vichy | June 2015 | £2,190est. € 2.000-3.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label numbered 66, two-piece back, varnish of a red brown colour Lot 80 | Apollium | March 2014 | £3,068est. € 3.000-3.800 |
| Violin | Property of Wieniawski, Carlo Bergonzi model, bearing the maker's label Lot 202 | Vichy | December 2013 | £7,167est. € 4.000-5.000 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Paris, 1906 | — | January 2011 | £10,800 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Geneva, 1899 n°51 | — | January 2010 | £2,884 |
| Violin | Paris, 1906 #43 | — | January 2005 | £1,741 |
| Violin | 1907 | — | January 2001 | £1,930 |
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Biographies
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John Dilworth+
FISCHESSER, Léon Born 1861 Saint Cloud, Paris, died 1937 Paris France. Worked in Geneva 1885, Staufen in Baden 1900, Mulhausen 1904, and Paris in the Faubourg Poissonière 1905, then Avenue de Villiers 1914. Collaborated with Lucien Greilsamer in varnish research c.1906. Made instruments for the Sevcik quartet 1907. Fine work on Stradivari model. Awarded several medals and diplomas of honour. Author of a pamphlet entitled Violin Construction. Léon Fischesser / à Paris l’an 1914
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Er liess sich 1885 in Genf nieder, wo er Rue Léger No. 6 wohnte. 1888
hiess seine Fiona Reymond & Fischesser frères. 1900 verzog er nach Staufen in
Baden. Für seine neuen Geigen erhielt er in Genf eine silberne Medaille. Sein
besonderes Interesse wandte er der Erforschung des Cremoneser Geigenlacks zu.
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