Tiffany and Cartier Biography

First, selling, and after, making his own jewelry, this truly legendary man became a universally recognized leader in jewelry not only in his native country, but also in many others. The future legislator of fashion was born in Connecticut, in the year. His father at that time was a very famous and successful industrialist who was engaged in the processing of cotton.

Having reached conscious age, he began to work as a seller in a small shop and in his father’s office. At twenty -five, Charles Lewis realized that he was already ready to open his own business and took money from his parents, considerable for those times. Together with their friend at school, they went to New York. However, soon the guys realized that with such low sales, it is unlikely that it would be possible to recoup the funds spent in the next few years and began to work at the service level and improve the assortment.

After a couple of years, hours, porcelain, glass and cutlery began to be sold in their store. There were also jewelry, which, by the way, were not distinguished by quality and originality. At the same time, this area was interested in the partners more than the rest. A few years later, Jay Ellis joins the business, after which her last name was added to the name of the store.

Soon, their brainchild was recognized as a leading supplier of porcelain and Bohemian glass. Changing the status, the company began to need to create a catalog of its products. There was no end to the buyers, because each of the customers here was found an individual approach, and purchases were handed over to customers in a neat box tied with a blue ribbon. In the middle of X Charles leaves the company and opens his own business - a workshop for the manufacture of jewelry.

In their production, exclusively silver of the highest sample was used, and the decorations themselves were distinguished by grace, unsurpassed taste and high quality. The most famous jewelers wanted to cooperate with Tiffany. As a result, things were created, both affordable for the middle class and jewelry for the collections, which today are set as exhibits in the famous museums of the world.

A vivid example is the silver dining rooms of Audubon, decorated with fragments of the 19th century Japanese graphics. A stunning sculpture was installed at the door of the store - Titan Atlant, holding the clock in his hand. The collection of silver jewelry "Atlas Numeric" and today is considered a masterpiece of jewelry skill.

Earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings strewn with dozens of diamonds, emphasizing the magnificence and grace of forms. The great jeweler created products designed for a vast circle of customers. Elite jewelry from Tiffany often acquired famous politicians of those times. The inhabitants of the White House sought to purchase jewelry from this manufacturer, since this was considered prestigious.

Thanks to such clients, Charles soon made their condition. But real glory came to him in the year, after his jewelry silver products took their well -deserved place at the International Paris Exhibition. The largest museums began to order them for their expositions. After 8 years, Charles Lewis Tiffany makes a real breakthrough, creating a engagement ring decorated with a rainbow, which protrudes over the frame of the frame.

The title of the king of diamonds secured Tiffany after he acquired jewelry from the collection of the King of France. Without jewelry of this jeweler, not a single international exhibition was complete, and the branches of his company began to open throughout the country. In the year, Charles Lewis Tiffany dies, and his place is occupied by the eldest son. He, like his father, had excellent business skills, as well as good artistic talents.