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Industry: Jewellery; Founded: 1613; 410 years ago; Founder: the Mellerio family; Headquarters: Rue de la Paix, Paris, France; Key people: Laure-Isabelle Mellerio (President);
Products: Rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, pendants History The firm started in 1613, founded by the Mellerio family from Valle Vigezzo, under the patronage of Marie de Médicis. -
[citation needed] The jewel collection of the Dutch royal family includes a tiara made by Mellerio for Queen Emma.
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[citation needed] Mellerio is also attributed with the creation of the Spanish Floral Tiara, made of diamonds in a pattern of flowers, which was a wedding gift to the future
Queen Sofia from General Franco on her marriage to Juan Carlos of Spain in 1962. -
It remains part of the Spanish Royal Family jewels, worn today by Queen Sofia of Spain.
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Mellerio dits Meller is a French jewellery house, founded in 1613, and still active today.
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[3] According to Côme Mellerio referring to his company’s archives, on the day of the French Revolution (14 July 1789), the sales of their Mellerio shop in Paris were excellent.
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It is a member of the Comité Colbert and also of the Henokiens, an international club made up of family companies over 200 years old.
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[8] Mellerio family At one time, the family owned the Pavilon de Musique in Versailles, built for Princess Marie Joséphine of Savoy.
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[5] Jean-François Mellerio (1815-1896) opened a branch in Madrid in 1850 from which he supplied customers including Queen Isabella II and the future Empress Eugenie of France.
Works Cited
[‘1. “Mellerio dits Meller”. mellerio.fr. 2012-05-20. Archived from the original on 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
2. ^ “The Mellerio Cut”. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
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Suzy (2013-10-21). “Jewels That Could Tell 400 Years of History”. The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
4. ^ Revol, Michel (2019-09-27). “L’étrange confrérie des Hénokiens”. Le Point (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-22.
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Luxe-Magazine. “Luxe-Magazine”. Luxe-magazine.com. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
6. ^ Chevalier, Michel (2012). Luxury Brand Management. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-17176-9.
7. ^ “L’habit vert et l’épée”. Academie-francaise.fr.
Retrieved 24 November 2014.
8. ^ “Ecos”. Princesadekapurthala.com. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
9. ^ “Musée d’Orsay: Charles Guilloux Crépuscule”. Musee-orsay.fr. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/meredithb91/8623170936/’]