John Dilworth
HENRY, Jean Baptiste Born 1757 Mattaincourt, Vosges, died 1831 Paris France. Active in Paris from 1781. Work unlabelled.
George Hart
Worked in Paris.
HENRY, Jean Baptiste Felix,
Established in Paris 1817.
Son of the [Henry, Jean Baptiste].
Cecie Stainer
b. 1757 at Mataincourt, near Mirecourt (Vosges) ; d. 1831, Paris. He was the head of the present family of makers. Was apprenticed in Mirecourt, then went to Paris, and established himself in connection with the St. Martin Monastery, thereby obtaining exemption from certain fees and penalties he would otherwise have had to pay. He worked there till 1788, when the ancient privileges of the monasteries were abolished. Then moved into No. 175, rue Saint-Martin; the number was afterwards changed to 151, but his family always continued working in the same house.
A violin is dated 1781, but he did not put labels in his instruments, and those that bear his name were labelled by his sons, Jean Baptiste Felix and Charles, who were both makers.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff
Er erlernte das Geigenmachen in Mirecourt, kam jung nach Paris und hatte
sein Geschäft bis 1788 in einem Hause des Klosters von St. Martin und bezog
dann das Haus Rue St. Martin No. 175, wo seine Nachkommen bis auf unsere
Tage das Geigenmachen betrieben. Er gehörte zu den besseren Geigenmachern seiner Zeit; man muss seine Arbeit aber genau studirt haben, wenn man sie erkennen
will, da er keine Zettel in seine Geigen hineingeklebt hat. Kommen Zettel mit seinem Namen vor, so rühren sie von seinen beiden Söhnen her.
