please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message christofle type sas founded 1830 founder charles christofle headquarters 9 rue royale 79008 paris paris france area served worldwide products silverware website www.christofle.com christofle is a manufacturer of fine silver flatware and home accessories based in france . 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 andr e putman martin szekely ito morabito ora to 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 . 1 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 . see also edit the mus e bouilhet christofle is a private museum in the 8th arrondissement of paris . references edit http www.ebay.com itm christofle sterling 925 coquille entire piece sterling pie cake server 101 2 300733905875 pt antiques silver & hash item4605233bd3 ht 500wt 1204 style on a silver platter india today 2 28 08 christofle a legend revisited diplomat june 2006 the history of silver claude blair ballantine publishing group 1987 modern art of metalwork brohan museum collection vi berlin 2001 christofle a legend revisited sibel dorsan diplomat monthly magazine june 2006 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to christofle . official website authority control worldcat identities viaf 159106225 isni 0000 0001 0675 8582 sudoc 027449386 bnf cb12067728p data ulan 500254218 this french corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title christofle & oldid 738736207 categories companies established in 1830companies of francefrench silversmithspurveyors to the imperial and royal court1830 establishments in francefrench company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from november 2010all articles needing additional referencescommons category with local link same as on wikidatawikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with isni identifierswikipedia articles with bnf identifierswikipedia articles with ulan identifiersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran aisnederlands occitan edit links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 19 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view