Maker record
Radiguet & Massiot
Radiguet & Massiot was a French maker of scientific toys and educational apparatus. Its products included reduced models of mechanical and electrical machinery for vocational instruction, alongside optical and projection equipment. The Paris firm formed in 1899 through the association of Arthur-Honoré Radiguet and Georges-Jules Massiot, extending an earlier Radiguet business that had added miniature models in 1872. It also made equipment for radiology laboratories and acquired the projection and glass-slide business of Molteni in 1899.
- Founded
- 1899
- Locations
- Paris, France · 1899
- Founders
- Arthur-Honoré Radiguet · Georges-Jules Massiot
The story of Radiguet & Massiot
The Radiguet business began in 1805, according to the French Ministry of Culture’s heritage inventory, and initially made precision optical glass. Marie-Honoré Radiguet took over the Chevalier house in 1830. In 1872, the business expanded into reduced models of mechanical and electrical machines intended for vocational education.
On 6 October 1899, Arthur-Honoré Radiguet and his son-in-law Georges-Jules Massiot formed Radiguet & Massiot. The firm acquired the Molteni company that October, adding a business specializing in projection apparatus and glass slides for teaching. It continued to make projection equipment while also supplying radiology laboratories. In 1910, Radiguet & Massiot gave way to Massiot et Cie in Courbevoie; the successor company is documented into the mid-1930s.