Nicolas-Noël Boutet Explained

Nicolas-Noël Boutet (31 August 1761  - 1833) was a French gunsmith and bladesmith who was director of the Versailles state arms factory. More than 600,000 weapons were produced under his directorship.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Boutet was born in Paris, the son of the royal gunsmith Noël Boutet, and became his father's assistant. In 1788, he married Leonie-Emilie Desainte, the daughter of his father's colleague, which gave him an even better position at court and the title of "gunmaker-in-ordinary" to King Louis XVI of France.^[3]

During the revolution he worked for Napoleon as director of the state arms manufactory.^[4]

He died in Paris.^[4]

See also

• Flintlock
• Napoleonic weaponry and warfare
• W. W. Greener

References

• Nicolas-Noël Boutet on American Society of Arms Collectors

Notes and References

1. Book: Elgood. Robert. Firearms of the Islamic World: In the Tared Rajab Museum, Kuwait. 1995. I.B.Tauris. 9781850439639. 61. 18 April 2018. en.
2. Book: Hayward. John Forrest. The Art of the Gunmaker: Europe and America, 1660-1830. 1963. Barrie and Rockliff. 189. 18 April 2018. en. The master who was responsible for these revolutionary changes in fire-arms design was Nicolas Noel Boutet, who was born on August 31st, 1761. His father was Noel Boutet, arquebusier des chevaux-légers du Roi..
3. Web site: Pair of pistols Boutet, Nicolas Noel . Victoria and Albert Museum. 18 April 2018. en.
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=jGsVHV098K0C&pg=PA137 Nicolas-Noël Boutet