André A
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Nom
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André A
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Couverture temporelle
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1/2 17th century
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Biographie
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signed an ivory diptych-form compendium in 1642 (1). This instrument resembles closely others made by Pierre Dujardin, and like him, André was probably a tabletier. It is likely that the crowned double A mark found on diptych dials of ebony and ivory was his mark (2).
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Notes biographiques
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1 Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University, see Lloyd no 55.
2 Three dials are known with this mark, respectively in the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard (dated 1603), and the Musée du Louvre (Landau collection), for which see Frémontier-Murphy 50.
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Adresse ; enseigne ; période ; source
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Paris
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Identifiant
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324
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