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Birth : 1874 in Bouzemont ( Vosges ) Death : 1929 in Mirecourt ( Vosges )

Biography

Career
Albert, Joseph DEBLAYE completed his apprenticeship in several MIRECOURT workshops before ultimately joining GAUTIÈ’s  workshop (or GAUTHIER), in Toulouse in 1896.

In 1900, he established his own workshop in MIRECOURT, on Rue de la Sous-Prefecture and was soon joined by H. MEUNIER, with whom he established the firm: A Deblaye et H Meunier.  Albert DEBLAYE was the Technical Director of this great workshop.
As soon as 1912, in an advertisement, we find the refererence to bows bering the stamp "René Bernardel" (see iconography)
Circa 1918 he took over Léon MORTIN, inheriting trades marks belonging from VUILLAUME DARTE and CUNIN

With the death of Albert Deblaye in 1929, a major change occurred in his workshop . While quality hand made instruments were still produced, a second level of instruments was introduced . These instruments were made by machine and finished by hand.

Workshop
- His first workshop is located rue de la sous préfecture.
- From 1921 Deblaye's workshop moved 1 rue Georges Clemenceau.
- In 1926 Deblaye's workshop has up to 54 collaborators, most of them since 1921.

Works
His workshop’s best instruments were produced after Antonio Stradivari and Nicolas VUILLAUME models.

Labels and Stamps
- Printed label, numbered, dated and signed by ink to the label:
"Lutherie Artistique
ALBERT DEBLAYE, Luthier
n° .....  An....."
- Some instruments bear a stamp to the lower ribs reading:
"A DEBLAYE"

Brands
Among DEBLAYE’s trademarks one can find the following labels :
René BAILLY
René BERNARDEL
BRAMBILLA
CUNIN
DRAGONETTI
EXCESLSTOR
PECCATTE Paris
RITELLI
SALTARELLO
SIVORI
SIMOUTRE
VEZUVIENNE
VUILLAUME DARTE
ZITA

Collaborators
AUDINOT Louis
CHIPOT Paul
COLLIN Georges
COLLIN Paul
DEBLAYE Georges
DEVOIVRE Marcel
GANGLOFF Marie
GOURIER Emile
JEANJACQUOT Léon
JEANJACQUOT Louise
LAFORGE Alfred
LORANGE Paul
MOUROT Emile
MOUROT Marcelle
PAGNIER Edouard
PIERROT Edmond
POIRSON Charles
POIRSON Jules
QUENOIL Victor
RAYNAL Henri
RUER Paul
SERDET Henri
SERDET Jules
VUILLAUME Just

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