Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros was a French writer born in Paris. He usually wrote with the name Alphonse Esquiros.
Goupil & Cie is an international auction house and merchant of contemporary art and collectibles. Jean-Baptiste Adophe Goupil founded Goupil & Cie in 1850. Goupil & Cie became a leading art dealership in 19th-century France, with its headquarters in Paris. Step by step, Goupil established a worldwide trade in fine art reproductions of paintings and sculptures, with a network of branches and agents in London and other major art capitals across Continental Europe as well as in New York City and Australia. LesAteliers Photographiques, their workshop north of Paris, in Asnières, was instrumental in their expansion from 1869. The leading figure of Goupil & Cie was Jean-Baptiste Adolphe Goupil (1806–1893). His daughter Marie married the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme.
The Diocese of Valence (–Die–Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux) (Latin: Dioecesis Valentinensis ; French: Diocèse de Valence is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in southern France. The contemporary diocese is co-extensive with the department of Drôme.
Fred Joaillier, more commonly known as Fred, is a French jewellery and watch brand founded in 1936 by Fred Samuel in Paris and operated by the company "Fred Paris".
Marie-Étienne Nitot was a French jeweller, the official jeweller to the Emperor Napoleon, and the founder of the House of Chaumet.
Casimir von Blumenthal, was an Austrian violinist, composer and conductor who worked in Switzerland.
Cindy Chao is a Taiwanese jewellery designer. She founded her company, Cindy Chao The Art Jewel, in 2004. She is known for her Black Label Masterpiece Collection and Annual Butterfly.
Charles Louis Ferdinand Dutert was a French architect.
Joseph-Henri Deverin (1846-1921) was a French architect and urban planner. He was the chief architect of historic monuments.
Émile-Séraphin Vernier was a French sculptor, metal worker, engraver and medalist. He was president of the Société des artistes décorateurs from 1905 to 1910. He later became an expert on antique jewelry in Egypt.
A bijou from the French bijou is an intricate jewellery piece incorporated into clothing, or worn by itself on the body.
Lucien Falize was a French jeweller and writer in France who was responsible for pioneering and driving the Art Nouveau movement with his firm, Falize. He is known for his breathtaking and innovative designs for both public and private sales.
Jules Gallay was a French lawyer and music historian.
Jules Louis Hochet was a French industrialist who managed an iron foundry and a railway line in the south of France.
Joseph Léon Talabot was a French engineer, iron master and politician. He advocated protectionist policies to maintain the prices of iron and steel. He was the founder of the Denain-Anzin steelworks.
Antoine Odier was a French banker and politician. He was born in the Republic of Geneva but moved to France and was naturalized during the French Revolution (1789–99). He was involved in the Indian cotton trade before founding a banking house in Paris during the Bourbon Restoration. He was politically liberal, supported the July Revolution of 1830 and opposed the seizure of power by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte in 1851. He favoured protectionist economic policies, and led a lobby group to oppose lowering of tariffs.
Charlotte Besnard, born Charlotte Dubray, was a French sculptor. She is perhaps best known as the wife of the successful painter Paul-Albert Besnard (1849–1934), whose career she did much to advance. Although she was well known for her own work in her day, she has since been largely forgotten.
Jules–Auguste Lair was a French lawyer, businessman and scholar. At the École des Chartes he studied palaeography, and was offered a position with the Archives, but he decided instead to become a lawyer. At the age of 25 he became director of a warehousing company, and over the next forty years was involved in various major enterprises including the first telephone network in France. At the same time, he always set aside time for historical work, and published many articles and books on aspects of French history from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution.
Laurent Guétal, also known as the Abbé Guétal was a French landscape painter and Catholic priest.
Eulalie Papavoine. She was a Parisian seamstress. She participated in the Paris Commune as an ambulance nurse.
