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Jacques Lafleur

Highest auction price

£13,800

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Viola Bow S/E 71.0 g. Ironwood stick (frog & button not original) Mon 1st October 2007 £2,285
Violin Bow N/E 59 g. (frog & button of same period but not original) Wed 1st June 2005 £3,300
Violin Bow S/E 56 g. Thu 1st November 2001 £2,902
Cello Bow S/E 80 g. Fri 1st November 1996 £13,800
Violin Bow S/E 58 g. Wed 1st November 1989 £1,540
Violin Bow S/E 61 g. Wed 1st June 1988 £1,870
Viola 39.1 cm 1848 Fri 1st June 1984 £1,019
Biographies

John Dilworth

LAFLEUR, Jacques Born 1757 Nancy, died 1832 Paris France. Violin and bow maker. Apprenticed in Mirecourt and associated there with the Adam family. Founded the music publishing company Alliance Musicale which expanded into instrument making. Established independently in Paris, in rue de la Coutellerie, then 32 rue de a Juiverie, and from c.1780 in rue de la Cité. Violins and cellos with his label made by his workmen; Vuillaume style with red varnish. His own bows with ornate ivory fittings and an ivory plate on the stick at the frog. From c.1812 developed his style along the Lupot-Eury patterns, branded: LAFLEUR A PARIS. Earlier work branded: LAFLEUR

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