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In the midst of transition: the French transitional period – part two

2026-08-28T08:52:00

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In the second of two articles on the French transitional period, Florent Boyer examines the development of the violin in Paris between 1790 and 1830 – and how Nicolas Lupot’s influence proved to be seismic

In the first of these articles (‘Changing of the guard’, August 2026) we saw how the Parisian violin makers of the 18th century gradually turned away from the works of Amati and Stainer, to adopt the patterns of Stradivari as their principal models. This second part will focus on the generation of makers born towards the end of the 18th century, who practised their craft during the first half of the 19th. Prominent figures of this period include Nicolas Lupot, François-Louis Pique, Jean-François Aldric and the Thibout family – makers who definitively ushered in the era of 19th-century violin making…

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