Christofle
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Type | SAS |
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Industry | Retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment and other household articles in specialised stores consumer products distribution |
Founded | 1830 |
Founder | |
Headquarters | 9 rue Royale, , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Nathalie Rémy, CEO |
Products | silverware |
Revenue | 51 262 100 € in 2017 |
Number of employees | 211 in 2017 |
Parent | Chalhoub Group |
Website | www.christofle.com |
Christofle is a goldsmith and tableware company, founded in Paris in 1830 by Charles Christofle.
The company is known for having introduced electrolytic gilding and silver plating in France in 1842. The company was bought in 2012 by one of its shareholders, the Chalhoub family.
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Style on a Silver Platter, India Today, 2/28/08
- Rosenberg, David (2006). Christofle. Perseus Distribution Services. ISBN 9782843236570.
- de Ferrière Le Vayer, Marc (1995). Christofle, Deux siècles d'aventure industrielle, 1793-1993 (in French). Le Monde éditions, Silver industry. p. 456. ISBN 9782878991055.
- The History of Silver, Claude Blair, Ballantine Publishing Group, 1987
- Modern Art of Metalwork: Brohan-Museum Collection VI, Berlin, 2001
- (fr) Des cheminées dans la plaine: cent ans d'industrie à Saint-Denis, autour de Christofle (1830-1930), creaphis editions, 1998 - 203 pages, ISBN 9782907150859[1].
- (fr) Christofle le maître de l'argent, Le Point, 2010 [2]
External links[]
Media related to Christofle at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- A timeline of Christofle maker's marks
- Christofle at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Christofle on Artnet
- Mobilier national (France) collections
Categories:
- French silversmiths
- Manufacturing companies based in Paris
- Design companies established in 1830
- Manufacturing companies established in 1830
- 1830 establishments in France
- Purveyors to the Imperial and Royal Court
- Metalsmiths from Paris
- French company stubs