 He became a member of Baillot's string quartet, and he married Baillot's daughter.After the dissolution of Baillot's quartet in 1840 he formed a chamber music group with his wife, Louis-Pierre Norblin, Auguste Franchomme and Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, which gave concerts in the Salle Pleyel in Paris.In 1840 he became first violinist to Louis Philippe I, and later leader of the second violins to emperor Napoleon III.