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- Brochure, "D'Ieteren Freres" - Belgium's D'Ieteren was founded in 1805 by expert coachbuilder Joseph-Jean D'Ieteren. With the arrival of the automobile, the company began building car bodies. D'Ieteren started a long-running business relationship with Germany's Volkswagen in 1948, and it ultimately became the exclusive distributor of Volkswagen brands in Belgium.
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Brochure, "D'Ieteren Freres"
Belgium's D'Ieteren was founded in 1805 by expert coachbuilder Joseph-Jean D'Ieteren. With the arrival of the automobile, the company began building car bodies. D'Ieteren started a long-running business relationship with Germany's Volkswagen in 1948, and it ultimately became the exclusive distributor of Volkswagen brands in Belgium.
- Christmas Tree Candle Clip, circa 1890 - New York inventor Frederick Arzt sought an alternative to the often heavy or unstable candleholders available for mid-nineteenth-century Christmas trees. In 1879, Arzt introduced a spring clip design. Light, reliable, and available in a variety of eye-catching designs and colors, the Christmas candle clip would remain prevalent into the 1920s.
- circa 1890
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Christmas Tree Candle Clip, circa 1890
New York inventor Frederick Arzt sought an alternative to the often heavy or unstable candleholders available for mid-nineteenth-century Christmas trees. In 1879, Arzt introduced a spring clip design. Light, reliable, and available in a variety of eye-catching designs and colors, the Christmas candle clip would remain prevalent into the 1920s.