# House of Worth > [!overview] > - location:: [[Paris]], [[France]] > - period:: [[1850s]], [[1860s]], [[1870s]], [[1880s]], [[1890s]] > - keywords:: [[History, fashion]], [[Victorian era]] #seed Placeholder for linking, and testing two plugins: [[Obsidian Community Plugins SOP#Timeline]] and [[Obsidian Community Plugins SOP#Map View]]. --- Originally founded by [[Charles Frederick Worth]] in 1858. After [[Charles Frederick Worth|Worth]] passed away in 1895, his sons Gaston-Lucien and [[Jean-Philippe Worth|Jean-Philippe]] took over the business. ```timeline [spaced-paragraph] + 1858 + House of Worth founded + [[Charles Frederick Worth]] founds the House of Worth + 1895 + Death of [[Charles Frederick Worth]] + His sons Gaston-Lucien and [[Jean-Philippe Worth|Jean-Philippe]] took over the business. ```