Fétique (bow makers)

Fetique was a family of French bow makers, notable members include Victor Francois Fetique, Jules Fetique and Marcel Gaston Fetique.

Family

Head of the family was Charles Claude Fetique (1853-1911) who was a violin maker. He had two bow-making sons, Victor Francois Fetique (1872-1933) and Jules Fetique (1875-1951), and a daughter Marie Augustine Marthe Fetique (1879-1928).

Victor Francois Fetique had a son Marcel Gaston Fetique (1899-1977) and Marie Augustine Marthe had a son Andre Georges Richaume (1905-1966)

　 　 　

Teachers

Victor Francois Fetique studied bow making in Mirecourt, working for Charles Nicolas Bazin, before joining Caressa & Francais in Paris in 1901. From 1913 he worked independently.

Jules Fetique worked also for C.N.Bazin before becoming assistant to Eugene Sartory. He joined Caressa & Francais in 1917.

Andre Richaume apprenticed with Emile Francois Ouchard in Mirecourt. After that joined his uncle, Victor Francois Fétique in Paris. He worked on his own from 1923 to 1957.

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