Joseph Alfred Lamy

Joseph Alfred Lamy

Joseph Alfred Lamy (père) (1850-1919), was an important French archetier (bow maker) of the early twentieth century known as Lamy Père.

He was born in Mirecourt, Vosges, France where he apprenticed from 1862-1868, and later worked from 1877 to 1885 for François Nicolas Voirin in Paris. He started his apprenticeship in 1862 with Charles Claude Nicolas Husson. In 1868, he joined GAUTROT's workshop in Château Thierry, where he met François Nicolas Voirin. In 1876, he came to Paris to work with François Nicolas Voirin whose assistant he had become. In 1885, at the death of François Nicolas Voirin, he started his own workshop at 34 rue du Faubourg Poissonière. Branded his bows « A. LAMY A PARIS »