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Georges Mougenot
b. June 23, 1843, Mirecourt (Vosges). Was apprenticed there to Deroux (pere), then worked under N. Darche at Aix-la-Chapelle; was his head workman, 1864-67. He established himself in Liege, in the rue Pont d'Ile ; but 1875 succeeded to the business of N. F. Vuillaume, for whom he had long been working, in Brussels, at 23, rue Montague de la Cour. He employs two workmen to make new violins and violoncellos, he himself always finishing them, determining the thicknesses, doing the varnishing. &c. He follows the Stradivari and Guarneri patterns, using brown-red varnish for the former and golden-red for the latter; the tone is good. Was awarded silver medal, Paris, 1878; gold medal, Amsterdam, 1883; gold medal, Antwerp, 1885 ; diploma of honour, Antwerp, 1894.
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Type | Title | Sold | Price |
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Violin | 35.6 cm Brussels, 1890 | Thu 1st December 11 | £ 660.00 |
Violin | 35.8 cm Brussels, 1882 | Sat 1st October 11 | £ 5625.00 |
Violin | 35.9 cm Bruxelles, 1905 c. [Workshop of] | Tue 1st June 10 | £ 2382.00 |
Violin | 35.9 cm Brussels, 1898 | Mon 1st March 10 | £ 3600.00 |
Violin | 35.8 cm Brussels, 1889 | Sun 1st March 09 | £ 2400.00 |
Violin | 35.7 cm Brussels, 1890 | Thu 1st May 08 | £ 7184.00 |
Violin | 35.8 cm Paris, 1925 | Sat 1st March 08 | £ 2457.00 |
Violin | 35.8 cm Brussels, 1890 c. after "Guarneri" | Sat 1st March 08 | £ 3500.00 |
Violin | 35.9 cm Brussels, 1892 "Guarnerius del Gesu" model | Fri 1st December 06 | £ 3595.00 |
Violin | Brussels, 1891 | Tue 1st November 05 | £ 2211.00 |
Violin | Brussels, 1894 | Sat 1st October 05 | £ 2293.00 |
Cello | Brussels, 1898 | Mon 1st November 04 | £ 15600.00 |
Violin | 1826 | Sat 1st November 03 | £ 3408.00 |
Violin | 1934 | Tue 1st October 02 | £ 1378.00 |
Violin | 1894 | Thu 1st March 01 | £ 5400.00 |
Viola | 39.6 cm 1894 | Sat 1st July 00 | £ 2880.00 |
Violin | 1898 | Thu 1st June 00 | £ 1306.00 |
Violin | 1909 | Thu 1st June 00 | £ 4370.00 |
Violin | 1916 | Wed 1st March 00 | £ 5175.00 |
Violin | 1920 c. | Thu 1st October 98 | £ 1380.00 |
Violin | 1892 | Mon 1st June 98 | £ 2875.00 |
Violin | 1880 | Sat 1st March 97 | £ 5980.00 |
Violin | 1915 | Sun 1st November 92 | £ 1870.00 |
Violin | 1909 | Fri 1st November 91 | £ 1430.00 |
Violin Bow | S/E 56 g. | Fri 1st June 90 | £ 550.00 |
Violin | 1882 | Wed 1st November 89 | £ 1980.00 |
Violin | 1898 | Thu 1st August 85 | £ 770.00 |
Violin | 1884 | Thu 1st September 83 | £ 1320.00 |
Cello | 1870 | Fri 1st October 82 | £ 4853.00 |
Violin | 1899 | Wed 1st September 82 | £ 660.00 |
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