PRIMARY DOCUMENTS: THE EVIDENCE GALLERY
Business Letterhead: ‘C. VALSUANI’
Original business correspondence from the Valsuani foundry provides direct evidence of how the enterprise officially identified itself.
1929 Letterhead Full Text
M°° C. VALSUANI
FONTE À CIRE PERDUE
74 RUE DES PLANTES, 74
PARIS (XIVe)
Tél. VALSUANI 28.46
FONDEE EN 1908
Translation
Maison C. Valsuani
Lost-Wax Casting
74 Rue des Plantes
Paris 14th arrondissement
Telephone VALSUANI 28.46
Founded in 1908
Key Observations
- “C. VALSUANI”: The initial is unambiguously C for Claude, not M for Marcello
- “FONDEE EN 1908”: Official founding date claimed by the company itself
- “74 RUE DES PLANTES”: The legendary address in Paris’s 14th arrondissement
- Professional presentation: Official business correspondence meant for clients and institutions
Counter-Factual Analysis
If “Marcello Valsuani” had been the founder or a significant figure in the foundry’s history, commercial logic dictates we would expect to find “M. VALSUANI” on business materials, some reference to the supposed patriarch, or acknowledgment of a founding lineage. Instead, all business documents consistently use “C. VALSUANI”, the initial of Claude, the actual founder.
