Etienne Pajeot
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Etienne Pajeot [Pageot], ( b. 25 Jan 1791 - d. 24 Aug1849 ) was an illustrious French
Archetier / Bowmaker.
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He produced excellent bows.
"Pajeot remains one of the most brilliant crafstmen of his generation. He produced a large number of bows of remarkable quality, appreciated by musicians for their technical possibilities and by collectors for their aesthetic qualities." - Millant Raffin
"His bows are considered rare and exceptional" - Gennady Filimonov
"The surname appears in several spellings in documents relating to the family. When stamped on the bows it appears as PAJEOT. Some bows are not stamped but others are stamped twice, on the stick above the frog and also under the lapping. At least three other outstanding bowmakers supplied completed bows to Pajeot on which he stamped his name: Nicolas Remy Maire
, Nicolas Maline
and Joseph Fonclause
.
Each supplied bows in his own characteristic style, making possible their identification. In addition, lesser makers worked for Pajeot and are not identifiable.
Pajeot made both round and octagonal bows; the former are more often seen. The pernambuco wood is often of superb quality, frequently of a veined, dark rich colour.
The metal underslide of the frog usually ends in a turn to resist the wearing of the wood by the thumb. Some frogs are without underslide.
The pearl used in the frogs is of a green flamed abalone.
The mountings vary and are of all possible combinations, most frequently in ebony and silver or a less expensive German silver, more rarely in gold and ivory or tortoise shell. Since a number of different makers worked for or supplied bows to Pajeot, the pattern of the heads vary. Those made by him have a distinctive charm and grace, being elegant with a flowing line created by a gently swept-back head. The bows are greatly appreciated and sought after by players.
A full account of the lives and work of the Pajeot family is given in S. Bowden: Pajeot, Bow Makers of the 18th and 19th Centuries (London, 1991)." - SIDNEY BOWDEN
"Not surprisingly, his style of work strongly influenced his contemporaries, and his ideas can be glimpsed in the later works of Nicolas Harmand, Dominique GrandAdam and his son Jean, Charles Guinot, Joseph Gaudé
, Georges Ury, and Nicolas Mauchard, this last almost certainly a pupil or employee for many years." -Philip Kass
"Pajeot began as a successor to his father’s style and rapidly evolved into something far more interesting. Early in his career he began to promote himself around the country, and he probably deserves the credit for being the first bowmaker to establish a large workshop employing many bowmakers. Since these ranks included such masters as Maire, Maline, and Fonclause, the workshop exerted an influence that ranged far beyond Mirecourt. He was extremely inventive where it came to innovations on the bow: his underslide with thumbseat protector, the buttons with welded collars, and innovations in the screw and eyelet and mortises were either uniquely his or were handled in his own personal manner. " - Philip Kass
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Archetier / Bowmaker.
Biography
Son of, Louis Simon (b ?Grenoble, 1759; d Mirecourt, 31 Jan 1804), who was also a bowmaker. Pajeot was a student, then a business partner of Nicolas Remy MaireNicolas Remy Maire
Nicolas Rémy Marie was an illustrious French Archetier - Bow Maker.He trained in the Lafleur workshop and served his apprenticeship in the workshop of Pajeot in Mirecourt. Maire's style remained close to that of Pajeot.He opened his own workshop in Mirecourt in 1826 and left in 1853 to work in...
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He produced excellent bows.
"Pajeot remains one of the most brilliant crafstmen of his generation. He produced a large number of bows of remarkable quality, appreciated by musicians for their technical possibilities and by collectors for their aesthetic qualities." - Millant Raffin
"His bows are considered rare and exceptional" - Gennady Filimonov
"The surname appears in several spellings in documents relating to the family. When stamped on the bows it appears as PAJEOT. Some bows are not stamped but others are stamped twice, on the stick above the frog and also under the lapping. At least three other outstanding bowmakers supplied completed bows to Pajeot on which he stamped his name: Nicolas Remy Maire
Nicolas Remy Maire
Nicolas Rémy Marie was an illustrious French Archetier - Bow Maker.He trained in the Lafleur workshop and served his apprenticeship in the workshop of Pajeot in Mirecourt. Maire's style remained close to that of Pajeot.He opened his own workshop in Mirecourt in 1826 and left in 1853 to work in...
, Nicolas Maline
Nicolas Maline
Nicolas Maline was a luthier and an archetier/bow maker.He was apprenticed in Mirecourt and worked for Etienne Pajeot, J.B...
and Joseph Fonclause
Joseph Fonclause
Joseph Fonclause was a French archetier /bow maker.He was trained by Dominique Peccatte in Mirecourt and in 1820 went to Paris to work for Lupot, Tourte and Vuillaume....
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Each supplied bows in his own characteristic style, making possible their identification. In addition, lesser makers worked for Pajeot and are not identifiable.
Pajeot made both round and octagonal bows; the former are more often seen. The pernambuco wood is often of superb quality, frequently of a veined, dark rich colour.
The metal underslide of the frog usually ends in a turn to resist the wearing of the wood by the thumb. Some frogs are without underslide.
The pearl used in the frogs is of a green flamed abalone.
The mountings vary and are of all possible combinations, most frequently in ebony and silver or a less expensive German silver, more rarely in gold and ivory or tortoise shell. Since a number of different makers worked for or supplied bows to Pajeot, the pattern of the heads vary. Those made by him have a distinctive charm and grace, being elegant with a flowing line created by a gently swept-back head. The bows are greatly appreciated and sought after by players.
A full account of the lives and work of the Pajeot family is given in S. Bowden: Pajeot, Bow Makers of the 18th and 19th Centuries (London, 1991)." - SIDNEY BOWDEN
"Not surprisingly, his style of work strongly influenced his contemporaries, and his ideas can be glimpsed in the later works of Nicolas Harmand, Dominique GrandAdam and his son Jean, Charles Guinot, Joseph Gaudé
Joseph Gaudé
Joseph Gaudé, was a French Archetier / Bowmaker and Luthier.-Biography:Served his apprenticeship in Mirecourt . His early style of bow making was very much influenced by the Adam school....
, Georges Ury, and Nicolas Mauchard, this last almost certainly a pupil or employee for many years." -Philip Kass
"Pajeot began as a successor to his father’s style and rapidly evolved into something far more interesting. Early in his career he began to promote himself around the country, and he probably deserves the credit for being the first bowmaker to establish a large workshop employing many bowmakers. Since these ranks included such masters as Maire, Maline, and Fonclause, the workshop exerted an influence that ranged far beyond Mirecourt. He was extremely inventive where it came to innovations on the bow: his underslide with thumbseat protector, the buttons with welded collars, and innovations in the screw and eyelet and mortises were either uniquely his or were handled in his own personal manner. " - Philip Kass