Niche luxury brand founded in 1961 at 34 Boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris by 3 friends : Christiane Montadre-Gautrot, Desmond Knox-Leet, and Yves Coueslant.

"We were artists. We were not driven by ambition, but rather by passion, imagination, creativity and the desire to do something with true integrity" - Christiane Montadre Gautrot