Born at Mouttes 1833. Worked at Mirecourt and Paris. Became sole proprietor of various factories at Mirecourt, and gradually substituted mechanical for manual labour. Exhibited in 1873 at Vienna his famous machinery-made violins priced at 4/-, 8/- and 16/- each. Awarded medals in every country. Honoured with the Chevalier of the Legion of Honour ribbon, 1877. The firm continued to prosper and expand, and almost innumerable types of violins, branded or labelled with the various names of workmen or made-up ones, circulate throughout the world. Directors in 1930 were Acoulon and Blondelet (see under these names). Label of his independent work at Paris.
A good French violin from the Jerome Thibouville-Lamy workshop in Mirecourt, circa 1950, bearing the labels “d’ après / Nicolaus Amatius Cremoniea Heroni - / mi Filius Antoni Nepos fecit 1676 / (JTL logo) / trade mark / deposee” and “d/après N. Amati / J. Thibouville-Lamy / Made in France". The bridge is stamped “C. Bayon a Rennes”. The back is of two pieces of Vosges maple of medium figure, the table of narrow grained spruce, widening slightly to the edges. The varnish is of a red-orange color on a golden base. Back length is 359 mm. Weight, without chin-rest, is 458 grams. One of the last of the JTL violins from Mirecourt, this instrument has come to us in pristine original condition.
Born at Mouttes 1833. Worked at Mirecourt and Paris. Became sole proprietor of various factories at Mirecourt, and gradually substituted mechanical for manual labour. Exhibited in 1873 at Vienna his famous machinery-made violins priced at 4/-, 8/- and 16/- each. Awarded medals in every country. Honoured with the Chevalier of the Legion of Honour ribbon, 1877. The firm continued to prosper and expand, and almost innumerable types of violins, branded or l...
(Louis Emele) Jerome,Thibouville-Lamy
