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Birth : 1848 in Mirecourt (Vosges) Death : 1919 in Paris (ïle-de-France)

Biography

  Son of and pupil of Georges DEROUX, Sebastien Auguste was born in MIRECOURT on June 29, 1848. In 1861, he began his apprenticeship in his father's workshop. In 1866, he left MIRECOURT to join his nephew SILVESTRE in Lyon, but left in 1869 to fulfill his military service. (1)

  In November 1873, he joined the workshop of Claude Augustin MIREMONT in Paris, where he took the position of workshop manager. Vidal tells us about this collaboration: "During the eleven consecutive years that Mr. Deroux spent at Miremont as the head worker, he contributed greatly to the prosperity of his master's company through his skilled and intelligent collaboration, and when in 1884 he started his own business, the clientele followed him with interest in his new venture." (1)

  In 1884, when MIREMONT retired from business, Sebastien Auguste established his workshop at 16 Rue Geoffroy-Marie, in the 9th arrondissement. He kept this address until the end of his professional career.

Works
  The instruments of S.A. DEROUX are part of the great French tradition of the second half of the 19th century. They are characterized by the classicism of the models and an execution of great precision and perfect technical quality.

Production
  According to René Vannes, his production amounts to exactly 244 instruments. (2)

Honors and Awards
1878: Honorable mention as a collaborator, Maison Miremont.
1889: Silver Medal, Exposition Universelle of Paris.
1900: Silver Medal, Exposition Universelle of Paris.

Collaborator
BASTIEN Edmond ( c. 1890)

Successors
R&M MILLANT en 1923 (petits fils)

Sources
(1) - (Vidal A. 1889)
(2) - (Vannes R 1981)

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