Christofle
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 Christofle facts

• It was founded in 1830, when jeweler Charles Christofle assumed management of a jewelry workshop belonging to his wife's family
• Among Christofle's product lines are silver picture frames, crystal vases and glassware, porcelain dinnerware, and silver jewelry and holloware
• Artists and designers such as the Parisian silversmith Antoine Perrin, Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, Gio Ponti, Andrée Putman, Martin Szekely, Ito Morabito (Ora-Ïto), Xiao Hui Wang and Richard Hutten are among those whose creations have been made by Christofle
• In 1951 the Christofle company agreed with Ernest Cardeilhac to purchase the Cardeilhac tools and patterns
• During the First Empire, Antoine Cardeilhac was a well-known silversmith in Paris
• Christofle remains 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 speciality shops