Joseph Alfred Lamy was a French bow maker active in Paris during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is identified in auction catalogs as one of the foremost and most celebrated bow makers of this period [1][2]. His bows are stamped "A. Lamy à Paris" on the handle [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10].
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