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frst world's fair, in London—the Crystal Palace Modern-day collaborations with a global network Exhibition. Collections of their inspired and asof jewelry designers such as Adeline Cacheux, tounding work have resided in the Louvre, the Nathalie Jean, Delphine Nardin, and Michele Oka Musée d'Orsay, and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs Doner produce stunning and varied works of art. A in Paris; the British Museum and the Victoria & bevy of other international designers work on enAlbert Museum in London; and the Metropolitan tertaining essentials for the home. French designer Museum of Art in New York. Ora-Ito's Arborescence work features bold, geometThe company has forged ahead in recent times to ric lines in steel for a limited edition of tables as well broaden the scope of the brand. The company sufas candelabras and trays. fered a bit at the end of the 1980s but restructured Award-winning Dutch designer Marcel Wanders and diversifed to expand on its created the whimsical Jardin d'Eden range of table items. It added lines silverware pattern, which is engraved of china and porcelain but quickly with a lush scrollwork of fowers that ● ▲ ◆ ■ realized that outsourcing to a variety graces a full collection of objects— of manufacturers was not prudent. picture frames, paperweights, fruit PAVILLON CHRISTOPHE To control quality, it would have to bowls, and letter openers—in addiproduce in-house. The company had tion to fatware. STORES ARE LOCATED IN long relied on reputation and word Christofe also creates custom BEVERLY HILLS, NEW YORK, HOUSTON, of mouth to grow the business, but orders for clients and can personBOSTON, PALM BEACH, younger talent is now moving the alize items such as its legendary MIAMI, SAN FRANCISCO, company into the future by increassilver trays. Versatile and offered in AND MONTREAL, AMONG ing advertising and publicity efforts. eighteen design motifs, the gleaming OTHER CITIES. The company has grown to include trays, which come in many sizes, can — EXPLORE MORE AT seventy-fve Pavillon Christofe be displayed on a vanity or in a dinCHRISTOFLE.COM luxury boutiques with nine hundred ing room and can be engraved with — points of sale all over the world. initials, bons mots (choice words), or In 2005, the company came anything personal the client desires. full circle when it introduced jewelry once again, A new fagship store due to open in September this time designed by famed international creator in Beverly Hills, designed by architect and interior Andrée Putman. A superstar, Putman was well designer Stéphane Parmentier, will feature a huge known for reintroducing furniture from 1930s detable set with a full presentation of Christofe's silsign icons such as Eileen Gray and Jean-Michel ver fatware. Their signature honeycomb pattern Frank, saving them from obscurity. She designed will appear throughout the inside for merchandise the frst boutique hotel, Morgan's in New York City, displays; the exterior will feature perforated metal and the interiors of Air France's Concorde. Her panels, embedded with nail heads adorned with the clean, modern vision graces a line of silver jewelry Christofe logo. In April, a pop-up boutique called and accessories for the home, under Christofe's Studio Christofe debuted on one of Los Angeles's Vertigo collection. most charming streets, Melrose Place; there the modern, contemporary aesthetic contrasts with items displayed in antique armoires and other midcentury furniture. DESIGN Incredibly, Christofe remained family owned until 2004 but is now helmed by CEO Thierry Oriez. He is charged with keeping the company a venerable international brand while continuing the legacy of craftsmanship and looking toward the future. According to Oriez, "whether it is a teaspoon, a bracelet, or an engraved tray, all products celebrate the beauty of silver while honoring the traditional art of the silversmith. To own Christofe is to appreciate both time-honored tradition and progressive design—to value the importance of the little pleasures in the day to day." time-honored the importance of the Fall 2013 . Tempus-Magazine.com 49