J.B. Vuillaume (1940)

VUILLAUME, JEAN BAPTISTE (1798 Mirecourt – 1875 Paris)
His workshop in Paris employed and trained some of the finest 19th-century violin and bow makers, including Maucotel, Silvestre, Derazey,the Peccatte brothers, Persoit, Fonclause, Simon and Voirin. 
 
Born in the violin making city of Mirecourt, Vuillaume moved to Paris in 1818 and apprenticed with Chanot before establishing his own workshop, where he began by imitating the work of Lupot.
 
This violin shown here was made in 1840.