Joseph Henry (December 10, 1823 in Mirecourt – 1870) became one of the most important bowmakers of the golden era of French bowmaking, working and collaborating with his master and employer Dominique Peccatte and business partner Pierre Simon Henry studied with Peccatte and established his own shop in 1851. His bows are quite rare and sought after. Itzhak Perlman primarily plays a bow made by Joseph Henry, circa 1851–1870, and also plays the “Soil” Strad, made by Antonio Stradivari in 1714 during his Golden Period.