The name of the Tiffany Jewelry House is associated with extraordinary precious stones and decorations. People who wear Tiffany jewelry feel confident that no one dares to accuse them of bad taste. Tiffany makes not only prestigious jewelry, but also other high quality silver and porcelain items.
The company began its history with a small shop selling stationery. Tiffany's founders (1837) Charles Lewis Tiffany and his partner John B. Young were successful in promoting their business. And after a while they switched to better quality, but fake jewelry from Paris. Things went even better. And then the opportunity arose to move on to real gold and precious stones. Jabies L. Ellis became a partner in the firm in 1841; and ten years later, Edward S. Moore, a leading silver producer from New York, also co-owned the firm.
The first directory is Jewelry from Tiffany, was released in 1845 - a tradition that continues to this day.
The company's reputation grew. Tiffany made her first major purchase in Europe in 1848, acquiring diamonds and other items that supposedly belonged to Marie Antoinette and the Hungarian prince Esterhazy. In 1867, the Tiffany brand received international recognition: at the Paris Exhibition, it won the Grand Prix for the skill of making silver products.
In 1877, the largest and most beautiful Diamond bright yellow, found at the Kimberley mine in South Africa, was bought by Tiffany for $ 18,000. It became known as the Tiffany Diamond. And already in 1887, at a large Parisian auction, Tiffany acquired 24 items from a set of French crown jewels. Empress Eugenie's delightful 222-diamond necklace is a big milestone in Tiffany's history. It was thanks to this acquisition that Charles Tiffany was nicknamed the King of Diamonds.
The company's fame grew. The firm was one of the suppliers of oriental (not farmed) and later cultured pearls... At the Paris Exhibition in 1889, Tiffany presented an outstanding collection of jewelry as well as freshwater pearls.
The firm's clients included celebrities: J.P. Morgan ordered gold and silver dinnerware; Lillian Russell bought a bicycle made of noble silver; Mark Twain, Marcel Proust, Sarah Bernhardt, Abraham Lincoln, who bought a pearl necklace and bracelets for his wife Mary. President Kennedy chose strawberry, rubies and diamonds earrings for his wife Jacqueline ahead of the inauguration ceremony. Richard Burton bought for Elizabeth Taylor earrings with diamonds in the form of a dolphin.
Tiffany was the first American design school. The firm has assembled a unique design team: Jean Schlumberger, Donald Claflin, Elsa Peretti, Angela Cummings, Paloma Picasso. Henry Platt (great-grandson of Charles Lewis Tiffany) - under his leadership, new stones began to be used - tanzanite and tsavorite. He also promoted kunzite stone to the market. Gene Moore is the creator of the illustrious shop windows Tiffany.
In addition to its New York office, Tiffany owns branches in America and abroad: in Atlanta, Beverly Hills, Boston, Chicago, Costa Meso, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, Washington, London, Munich, Zurich and Hong Kong, represented by boutiques in Hawaii and Japan.
Tiffany's jewelry, exquisite, stunning, mysterious, dazzling, conquered the whole world. The firm remains true to its style - Tiffany jewelry is prized not only for their original design and craftsmanship, but also for the first-class stones present in them.Any item bearing the Tiffany & Co. stamp is the standard of impeccable taste and the highest quality. Tiffany still remains one of the most reputable jewelry firms.
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