Born in Mirecourt, Jean-Joseph Martin worked for Vuillaume in Paris after his arenticeship. He then set up in Mirecourt on his own, employing makers such as Arthur Joseph Vigneron, while himself making bows for Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy\'s firm. Deite being declared bankrupt in 1881, he continued to make bows of a coistently high quality. They are stamped \'J. Martin\'.

Born in Mirecourt, Jean-Joseph Martin worked for Vuillaume in Paris after his arenticeship. He then set up in Mirecourt on his own, employing makers such as Arthur Joseph Vigneron, while himself making bows for Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy\'s firm. Deite being declared bankrupt in 1881, he continued to make bows of a coistently high quality. They are stamped \'J. Martin\'.