
Craftsmen were employed and patents were taken out to protect industrial secrets. They focused on high-quality travel cases and accessories. In 1884, Dupont became the supplier to one of the world's largest shops – Les Grands Magasins du Louvre – while maintaining his private clientele.ĭupont handed over his company in 1919 to his sons, Lucien and André, who, trading under the name of Les Fils de S.T.


The same year, he bought a workshop which made leather briefcases for diplomats and businessmen. Simon Tissot-Dupont (born in Savoy in 1847) founded a carriage company which was destroyed in a fire in 1872.
