Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of Tiffany Co., was born in 1812. In 1837, he and his business partner John B. Young established Tiffany & Young Company. The company was previously engaged in stationery and goods and was located at 259 Broadway in New York City. Charles Lewis Tiffany created the country's first retail catalog and was claimed as a very well-known expert in jewelry in the United States. In 1851, Charles Lewis Tiffany introduced the English standard of sterling silver. Today Tiffany Co. is considered to be the world's finest jewelry company. Every major city in the world has brand stores of Tiffany Co.

In 1853, Charles Lewis Tiffany became the only holder of the entire company. Today Tiffany Co. sells not only jewelry, but also household items of the highest quality. It sounds amusing but the first day's income from sales was only five dollars. Nobody could predict that it would bring the company to the top world's jewelry business. As a matter of fact, Tiffany Co. set its own standards in the world of jewelry and luxury goods. Charles Lewis Tiffany was a real workaholic. His perseverance is what made him famous. A real international breakthrough took place in 1887 after Tiffany had obtained some of the French crown jewels. Since 1887, Tiffany's fame and prime quality of his products have started to spread far and wide. Charles Lewis Tiffany was the first to introduce the country's first retail catalog. Tiffany was very fond of silver. So, in 1867, his classic silver design was given an Award of Merit at the Paris Exposition Universelle. It created the precedent in the jewelry world - it was the first time when an American company was recognized by a European jury.

Charles Lewis Tiffany had seen many achievements of his company. One of the most noteworthy achievements was the introduction of the celebrated engagement ring in the six prong Tiffany setting. But the biggest Tiffany's achievement was creating the America's first preeminent house of design. Nowadays, this is the world's fines jewelry company. Not only does Tiffany & Co. manufacture jewelry, but it also produces high quality accessories including pens, frames, clocks, perfumes, and colognes. Today Tiffany & Co. is notable for its flagship store at New York's Fifth Avenue, which is currently the city's landmark. After the 1961 movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's", which starred Audrey Hepburn, it has become much more popular. Today Tiffany & Co. offers its customers a really huge range of jewelry at different prices and of utmost quality. One of the interesting facts about Tiffany is that Tiffany's Upper East Side townhouse was designed by such famous interior designers as McKim, White and Mead. It used to stand on the current side of the Ralph Lauren Polo Sport boutique near the now-famous Rhinelander Mansion. Charles Lewis Tiffany's elder son Charles Comfort Tiffany was the New York's Episcopalian archdeacon during 1893-1902. Charles Lewis Tiffany's younger son Louis Comfort Tiffany became a famous lamp and decorative glass designer. In the entire world, Tiffany & Co is the synonym of the excellent quality and opulence of its jewelry.