The Christofle family established a jewelry-making business in Paris in 1793. They were makers of sequins, mother-of-pearl buttons, jewelry parts, cloth with silver threads and epaulettes for ...

How Christofle Makes Its $250,000 Solid-Silver Chess Set ... Unlike engraving, for which material is removed to make deep marks, the silversmith pushes and pulls the metal to add decorations. 5.

The house’s founder Charles Christofle introduced electrolytic gilding and silver plating in France in 1842 and, as the exhibition makes clear, Christofle’s brilliance has radiated ever since.

Take a closer look at Christofle’s silver-plated sneaker box and travel mug in the gallery above. Both items are available to shop now via the Christofle website for $1,000 USD and $4,150 USD.

In the studio, located at 8424 Melrose Place, the mix abounds. An armoire is brimming with Christofle products, a console with red-lacquered drawers holds curios and an Ora Ito table displays a ...

The smaller Silver Kingdom crown is crafted in silver plate. There are 250 pieces available worldwide, priced at HK$38,370, but only two of them are in Hong Kong.

It might sound bizarre to claim that Christofle is ‘having a moment’ when it has been furnishing fine homes with silverware for nearly two centuries unimpeded. Nevertheless, ‘Christofle, A Brilliant ...