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The firm of the Jeantet family in Saint-Claude is first mentioned as early as 1775. By 1807 the Jeantets operated a turnery producing in particular wooden shanks for porcelain pipes and wild cherry wood pipes. The firm was named '''Jeantet-David''' in 1816, and in 1837 the enterprise was transformed into a corporation as collective name for numerous workshops scattered all over the city. | The firm of the Jeantet family in Saint-Claude is first mentioned as early as 1775. By 1807 the Jeantets operated a turnery producing in particular wooden shanks for porcelain pipes and wild cherry wood pipes. The firm was named '''Jeantet-David''' in 1816, and in 1837 the enterprise was transformed into a corporation as collective name for numerous workshops scattered all over the city. | ||
The manufacturing of briar pipes and began in 1858. 51 persons were employed by 1890. Desirous to concentrate the workers at a single site, the corporation began to construct a factory edifying integrated buildings about 1891 at Rue de Bonneville 12 - 14. This took several years. In 1898 '''Maurice Jeantet''' restructured the business. He is also presumed to enlarge Jeantet factory purchasing a workshop adjoining southerly. It belonged to the family Genoud, who were specialized in rough shaping of stummels and polishing finished pipes. ''(In these times it was a most common procedure to carry goods from here to there and back again often for certain steps of the production executed by dependant family based subcontractors. Manpower was cheap.)'' | [[File:Jeantet-factory20s.jpg|thumb|left|Circa 1920s factory, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Jeantet 1980 cat.jpg|thumb|1980 Jeantet Catalog, courtesy Doug Valitchka]]The manufacturing of briar pipes and began in 1858. 51 persons were employed by 1890. Desirous to concentrate the workers at a single site, the corporation began to construct a factory edifying integrated buildings about 1891 at Rue de Bonneville 12 - 14. This took several years. In 1898 '''Maurice Jeantet''' restructured the business. He is also presumed to enlarge Jeantet factory purchasing a workshop adjoining southerly. It belonged to the family Genoud, who were specialized in rough shaping of stummels and polishing finished pipes. ''(In these times it was a most common procedure to carry goods from here to there and back again often for certain steps of the production executed by dependant family based subcontractors. Manpower was cheap.)'' | ||
Jeantet was transformed to a corporation with limited liability in 1938. By that time a branch workshop was operated in Montréal-la-Cluse (Ain), where mainly the less expensive pipes were finished. 107 employees - 26 of them working from their homes - were counted in Saint-Claude in 1948 and 18 in the Ain facility. | Jeantet was transformed to a corporation with limited liability in 1938. By that time a branch workshop was operated in Montréal-la-Cluse (Ain), where mainly the less expensive pipes were finished. 107 employees - 26 of them working from their homes - were counted in Saint-Claude in 1948 and 18 in the Ain facility. | ||
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Today Jeantet pipes were produced as a sub-brand by Chapuis-Comoy who's mainstay is Chacom of course. | Today Jeantet pipes were produced as a sub-brand by Chapuis-Comoy who's mainstay is Chacom of course. | ||
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'''[http://www.patrimoine-de-france.org/oeuvres/richesses-36-11758-81701-M112605-201788.html French source] | '''[http://www.patrimoine-de-france.org/oeuvres/richesses-36-11758-81701-M112605-201788.html French source] | ||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: France]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: France]] | ||