Léopold Lambert

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Léopold Lambert (born October 8, 1854 in Aix-en-Provence , † March 4, 1935 ) was a French machine maker.

Léopold Lambert's parents owned an inn in Aix-en-Provence. He worked for some time at the vending machine manufacturer Vichy, where he was soon promoted to foreman due to the quality of his work. In 1886 he started his own business and sold music game machines as well as expensive luxury items similar to those of his former employer (such as "Pierrot Ecrivain" or "Sérénade à la Lune").

Around 1876 he married the Parisian seamstress Eugénie Maria Bougeois. She quickly took an important place in his business as she dressed her husband's automaton dolls. These were of two types: On the one hand, individual single copies and, on the other hand, dolls with porcelain heads produced in series, mostly depicting young girls, from Jumeau.

One of his highlights was probably the "Méphistophélès" presented at the World Exhibition in 1900 , a 90 cm high doll with a red cloak that serenaded. In 1904 he was awarded an honorary title in Liege and in 1905 in Milan, but soon his name was no longer on the lists of participants in international exhibitions. Around 1910 the age of the mechanical automaton was replaced by the increasingly electrified society. Lambert, who remained true to "his" way of manufacturing machines, was barely able to stay afloat due to the deteriorating order situation. From 1932 onwards, his son Lucien transferred him a small sum every month, with which his father could just afford a small room in Paris, where he died on March 4, 1935.