Foundation of Van Cleef & Arpels Brand

According to Wikipedia, The Dutch diamond-cutter Alfred Van Cleef and his father-in-law Salomon Arpels founded it in 1896. In 1906, following Arpels’s death, Alfred and two of his brothers-in-law, Charles and Julien, acquired space for Van Cleef & Arpels at 22 Place Vendôme, across from the Hôtel Ritz, where Van Cleef & Arpels opened its first boutique shop and third Arpels brother, Louis Arpels, joined the company in 1913.