Gonin

2 March 1765, in "Gonin, papeterie" AN F/12/1478A/IV.

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He was born at the end of the seventeenth century, probably in Lyon, where the family name Gonin was a common one.

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This may also be why administrators were willing to support Gonin as he presented his information to masters and other members of the dyers community, acknowledged experts in the techniques as then practiced.

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Procès-verbal des opérations de teintures faites à Yvetot, par le sieur François Gonin, sur les orders du conseil, en présence des sieurs Commissiaires nommés par ordonnance de M. l'Indendant de la Ville and Generalité de Rouen du 11 mai 1756, and sous l'inspection du sieur Godinet, inspecteur principal des manufactures de toiles and toileries de ladite généralité, and commis par le Conseil à cet effet.

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See also the folder "Sieur Gonin cartons à l'anglaise pour apprêt" AN F/12/2415. back

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Ils demandent en conséquence que le Sr Gonin père se transporte dans cette ville, et leur communique ces mêmes secrets.

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Jacques-Fabien Gautier d'Agoty was an apprentice or student of Jacob Christoph Le Blon, but he came to that work with opinions acquired through and shaped by prior experiences. reference How common, or unusual, were opportunities such as that offered by François Gonin who, sponsored by representatives of local manufactures, provided a month-long lecture demonstration designed to teach technical skills to already knowledgeable people? reference We don't know.

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More typical relationships are demonstrated not only by the formal or informally constituted groups but also by the practice-driven investigations of François Gonin, Arnaud Vincent de Montpetit, Jean-Baptiste Pont and Pierre-Joseph Macquer, and others. reference reference reference Berg's manuscript notebooks offer an opportunity to consider the changing interests of an amateur, to consider the depth of that interest and how his proficiency grew.

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Notice sur le sieur Gilbert Gonin père, artiste, auteur du beau noir de teinture, reconnu pour être le seul et unique en France et chez l'etranger et sans imitation.

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Gonin père ayant communiqué aux teinturiers de la ville de Rouen des secrets de teinture en bonteint et en différentes couleurs, qui ont eu le plus grand succès, il en résulte que la plupart des fabriques de Lyon qui employent ces matières, ou en font le commerce, les tirent par préférence de la ville de Rouen; ce qui porte un préjudice considérable à l'état des teinturiers de Lyon.

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