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The brand story
Léon Rouvenat was a pioneer, exhibiting in London and Paris, winning multiple awards, and building a house that dressed the European elite at its height. When he died without a successor, the house closed, and its archive might have disappeared entirely. Instead, 3,000 gouache drawings survived in perfect condition inside 12 leather-bound notebooks, waiting over a century to be discovered. When they were found at a Parisian antique dealer in 2022, co-founder Marie Berthelon, whose career had taken her through senior positions at Hermès, Cartier, and De Beers, saw the opportunity to bring the house back. Marie also brings a deep commitment to female empowerment: during her decade at Cartier she was a key figure in the Cartier Women's Initiative, coaching young female entrepreneurs. Maison Rouvenat was among the first companies to join the Communauté des Entreprises à Mission- the French association uniting companies committed to driving meaningful change.
