Nicolas Simon FR
Bow maker
(1806 – 1864)
Nicolas Simon (14 November 1806 – 6 July 1864), known in the trade by the dit-name "Simon FR" to distinguish him from several bow-making cousins of the same first name, was a Mirecourt bowmaker, one of three brothers — alongside Pierre and Barthélémy Simon — all sons of Charles Simon, a mason, and Marguerite Caye. He married Madeleine Frébinet in October 1829. Claude Joseph Fonclause is thought to have worked for him from around 1852–53, a connection the sources draw from a marked stylistic shift in Fonclause's own work from that date onward.
Price History
- The auction record for this maker is $52,199 in Dec 2022, for a violin bow.
- 88 auction price results.
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