Christofle
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Christofle is a manufacturer of fine silver flatware and home accessories based in France
since 1830. They are renowned for their sterling, silverplate and stainless flatware. Among Christofle's product lines are silver picture frames, crystal vases and glassware, porcelain dinnerware and silver jewelry. Christofle is also well known for their silver holloware
.
Artists and designers such as the famous parisian silversmith Antoine Perrin (AP), Man Ray
, Jean Cocteau
, Gio Ponti
, Andrée Putman
, Martin Szekely, Ito Morabito (Ora-Ïto)
and Richard Hutten
are among those whose creations have been made by Christofle.
The origins of Christofle date to 1830 when jeweler Charles Christofle assumed management of a jewelry workshops pertaining to his wife's family. Christofle today is under the control and ownership of the Christofle family, the current generation being represented by Maurizio Borletti. Christofle was publicly-traded until 1998, when Borletti and others took the firm private.
Christofle manufactures their products in France and in Brazil
, and they are sold worldwide through 75 Pavillon Christofle retail stores and also through 400 department stores and specialty shops.
The Musée Bouilhet-Christofle
is a private museum in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
since 1830. They are renowned for their sterling, silverplate and stainless flatware. Among Christofle's product lines are silver picture frames, crystal vases and glassware, porcelain dinnerware and silver jewelry. Christofle is also well known for their silver holloware
Holloware
Holloware is a term that refers to table service items such as sugar bowls, creamers, coffee pots, teapots, soup tureens, hot food covers, water pitchers, platters, butter pat plates and other metal items that went with the china on a table. It does not include flatware. Holloware was constructed...
.
Artists and designers such as the famous parisian silversmith Antoine Perrin (AP), Man Ray
Man Ray
Man Ray , born Emmanuel Radnitzky, was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal...
, Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María...
, Gio Ponti
Giò Ponti
Gio Ponti was one of the most important Italian architects, industrial designers, furniture designers, artists, and publishers of the twentieth century.-Early life:...
, Andrée Putman
Andrée Putman
Andrée Putman is a French interior and product designer.Long considered as a shocking eccentric by the French as she likes to defend the indefensible, Andrée Putman partly owes her reputation to foreigners...
, Martin Szekely, Ito Morabito (Ora-Ïto)
Ito Morabito
Ito Morabito is a French designer. 'Ora-Ïto' is the brand name of his work and includes designing for watchmaker Swatch, appliance manufacturer Gorenje, brewer Heineken and tobacconist/fragrance chemist Davidoff.-References:...
and Richard Hutten
Richard Hutten
Richard G. J. Hutten is a Dutch designer. Hutten started his own design studio in 1991 in Rotterdam after graduating from the Design Academy Eindhoven....
are among those whose creations have been made by Christofle.
The origins of Christofle date to 1830 when jeweler Charles Christofle assumed management of a jewelry workshops pertaining to his wife's family. Christofle today is under the control and ownership of the Christofle family, the current generation being represented by Maurizio Borletti. Christofle was publicly-traded until 1998, when Borletti and others took the firm private.
Christofle manufactures their products in France and in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, and they are sold worldwide through 75 Pavillon Christofle retail stores and also through 400 department stores and specialty shops.
See also
The Musée Bouilhet-Christofle
Musée Bouilhet-Christofle
The Musée Bouilhet-Christofle is a private museum located in the 8th arrondissement at 9, rue Royale, Paris, France. It is open weekday afternoons by appointment; an admission fee is charged...
is a private museum in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.