Holtzapffel

Holtzapffel
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1794
HeadquartersLondon, England
Key people
  • John Jacob Holtzapffel (1768–1835)
  • Francis Rousset
  • Johann Georg Deyerlein (d. 1826)
  • Charles Holtzapffel
    (1806–1847)
  • Amelia Holtzapffel
  • John Jacob Holtzapffel II (1836–1897)
  • George William Budd (1857–1924)
  • John George Holtzapffel Budd (1888–1968)
ProductsLathes and hand tools

The Holtzapffel dynasty of tool and lathe makers was founded in Long Acre, London by a Strasbourg-born turner, Jean-Jacques Holtzapffel,[1] in 1794. The firm specialized in lathes for ornamental turning but also made a name for its high-quality edge and boring tools.

  1. ^ Jean-Jacques was the eldest of nine children of the Strasbourg wood-turner Jean-Jacques Holtzapffel and Marie-Madelaine Schlalerin. Details can be found on the family in Mémoires written by his brother Jean-Daniel, a musical-instrument maker, on Gallica.