Joseph Fonclause (Claude Joseph 'le Mayeux' Fonclauze) (1799–1862) was a French archetier/bow maker. Went to

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to work for Lupot, Tourte and Vuillaume. From 1840 he worked alone. Most of his bows are stamped. Early in his career, he followed the Pajeot style. Nevertheless, later followed a very different direction on the basis of what was soon to happen in Paris (D. Peccatte's influence with the "hatchet-shaped" type head). ".....To our list of those affected by the Pajeot concept must also be added Claude Joseph Fonclause and Maire, as well as

Nicolas Maline Nicolas Maline (28 February 1822 – 28 April 1877 in Mirecourt) was a luthier and an archetier/bow maker. He was apprenticed in Mirecourt and worked for Etienne Pajeot, J.B. Vuillaume and other makers. Maline came from a family of luthiers inc ...

, who worked for Pajeot but who probably studied with Maire. These three initially followed the Pajeot example, but later in their careers followed very different directions on the basis of what was soon to happen in Paris (the

Dominique Peccatte Dominique Peccatte (15 July 1810 – 13 January 1874) was a French luthier and above all a renowned bow maker. He was apprenticed in Mirecourt and later worked with Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. He is notable for adapting the "hatchet-shaped" typ ...

influence). Even there, though, the Pajeot style had influence, and was in Mirecourt the dominant stylistic influence into the 1840s, surviving until another dramatic sea-change in the late 1850s." Philip Kass ".....one of the top mid-19th century French Master Bow Makers whose bows are highly sought after."
Gennady Filimonov

References

* * * * * Dictionnaire Universel del Luthiers - Rene Vannes 1951,1972, 1985 (vol.3) *

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- William Henley 1970 {{DEFAULTSORT:Fonclause, Joseph 1799 births 1862 deaths Bow makers 19th-century French people Luthiers from Paris