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CharlesLewisTiffany

Son of Comfort Tiffany and Chloe (Draper) Tiffany

Brother of Eliza Tiffany, Charlotte Draper Tiffany, Harriet Amanda Tiffany and William Henry Tiffany

Father of Charles Lewis Tiffany Jr, Annie Olivia Tiffany, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Louisa Harriett Tiffany, Henry Charles Tiffany and Burnett Young Tiffany

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Biography

Charles Lewis Tiffany was co-founder of the Tiffany and Co. jewelry and fine living stores.

Family

Charles Lewis Tiffany was born in Killingly, Connecticut, on February 15, 1812 to Comfort Tiffany and Chloe (Draper) Tiffany.

Charles was educated at schools in Plainfield, Connecticut. Starting at the age of 15, he helped manage a small general store started by his father, the owner of a cotton-manufacturing company in the Borough of Danielson in the Town of Killingly, CT. He later worked at the office of his father's mill.

Charles married Harriet Olivia Avery Young, the sister of his partner John Burnett Young (1815-59), on November 30, 1839.

Their children included:

Tiffany and Co.

In 1837, with $1,000 borrowed from his father, Charles and a school friend, John B. Young (the brother of Charles' wife, Harriet), set up a small stationery and gift shop in New York City, Tiffany and Young. Their first three days in business brought them only $4.38 in total sales, but two years later they were still in business, selling glassware, porcelain, cutlery, clocks and jewelry.

The store expanded in 1841 and changed its name to Tiffany, Young and Ellis. It was known for selling only the fines

American luxury jewelry and specialty design house

"Tiffany's" redirects here. For other uses, see Tiffany (disambiguation).

Tiffany & Co. (colloquially known as Tiffany's) is an American luxury jewelry and specialty design house headquartered on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Tiffany is known for its luxury goods, particularly its sterling silver and diamond jewelry. These goods are sold at Tiffany stores, online, and through corporate merchandising. Its name and branding are licensed to Coty for fragrances and to Luxottica for eyewear.

Tiffany & Co. was founded in 1837 by the jeweler Charles Lewis Tiffany and became famous in the early 20th century under the artistic direction of his son Louis Comfort Tiffany. In 2018, net sales totaled US$4.44 billion. As of 2023, Tiffany operated over 300 stores globally, in many countries including the United States, Japan, and Canada, as well as Europe, Latin America, and the collective Asia-Pacific region, and is exploring opportunities in Africa. The company's product line features fine jewelry, sterling silver, watches, porcelain, crystal, stationery, haute couture fragrance and personal accessories, and leather goods.

On January 7, 2021, French conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton acquired a majority stake in Tiffany & Co. for US$15.8 billion and delisted Tiffany's stock from the New York Stock Exchange. It remains headquartered in New York City.

History

Establishment

Tiffany & Co. was founded in 1837 by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young, in New York City, as a "stationery and fancy goods emporium", with the help of Charles Tiffany's father, who financed the store for only $1,000 with profits from a cotton mill. The store initially sold a wide vari

Audrey Hepburn is synonymous with Tiffany & Co. When Holly Golightly stares in the window with her black bug-eyed sunglasses, pearls around her neck and dressed in a black shift dress, her hair coiled upon her head. It’s in the famous Manhattan store that she gets a Cracker Jack ring – a gift from neighbour and beau Paul – engraved.

The history of Tiffany & Co. is one steeped in romance. What began in 1837, grew into a global design house: the first store opened in New York and the first day’s sales totalled at USD $4.98. Today, it is renowned for among other things, its key necklaces, the T collection, the blue box and, more recently, its sale: at the end of last year LVMH agreed a $15.8bn takeover of Tiffany.

During the 1850s, Tiffany was the first American company to institute the .925 sterling silver standard, which would later be adopted by the US. During the same decade, Charles Tiffany Lewis – the man who founded the now legendary house – unveiled a nine-foot Atlas clock above the Tiffany store, which to this day stands at the entrance of the Fifth Avenue flagship store. It is also the oldest public clock in New York.

There are many, many highlights in the house’s history – in 1862, for example, President Abraham Lincoln bought a Tiffany seed pearl necklace and earrings for his wife and she wore them to the inaugural ball. Prior to that, in 1845, the brand published a direct mail catalogue, known as the Blue Book, which is still released annually and features the world’s rarest jewels. And when, in 1848, Charles Lewis Tiffany bought gemstones from European aristocrats and brought them back to the US, he enabled the nation’s elite to purchase major jewels at home for the first time. The brand became known for introducing luxury. Case in point, a fancy yellow diamond bought by Tiffany in 1878 – 287.42 carats to be exact, which was cut to 128.54 – became known as the Tiffan

Tiffany & Co.
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Overview

Charles Lewis Tiffany built his "fancy goods" company into what became the nation's preeminent jeweler for over fifty years and a uniquely American symbol of elegance and style. Tiffany pioneered what would become a classic engagement ring style, the raised solitaire diamond, six–prong "Tiffany Setting." Dubbed by the press in his day as the "King of Diamonds," Tiffany has catered to everyone from the likes of presidents including Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy; European royalty; preeminent American families, including the Vanderbilts and the Astors; and celebrities in droves. Tiffany was honored for his dedication to excellence in his day and his trademarked Tiffany Blue Boxes and shopping bags have become familiar and enduring American icons of wealth and luxury to this day.

Personal Life

Tiffany was born on February 15, 1812 in Killingly, Connecticut, to Comfort Tiffany, a cotton goods manufacturer, and Chloe Draper. He married his partner's sister, Harriet Olivia Young on November 30, 1841 and had six children. Son Louis Comfort Tiffany became world renowned for his Tiffany glass. He died of pneumonia on February 18, 1902, in Yonkers, New York.

Tiffany was a founder of the New York Society of Fine Arts, patron of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and member of the National Academy of Design. He was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by France in 1878 and was bestowed the medal Praemia Digno by the Czar of Russia.

Educated at a school in nearby Danielsonville, Tiffany later spent two years at the Plainfield Academy in Connecticut. At the age of fifteen, Charles' father, a pioneer in the cotton goods industry, put him to work as a manager of a general store near the family's mill. Intermittently schooled in between work, Tiffany ran the store for ten years. He then joined his father's company, which was then christened, C. Tiffany & Son, after Charles' father bought out his partne