Laurent Dey
French clockmaker
About Laurent Dey
Laurent Dey was a clockmaker.
Laurent Dey (died 1774) was a French clockmaker. He was a master of the Paris Clockmakers' Guild in 1744.
Career Dey established a workshop on Rue de la Cerisaie, Paris, in 1733.
He moved, by 1748, to Rue Saint Antoine. The workshops used cases by François Goyer, Balthazar Lieutaud, N. J. Marchand, Antoine Foullet and Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain.
He was in business with his son, Nicolas Laurent, in 1765. After Dey's death in 1774, his son continued the business.
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French clockmaker
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