Hen­ri Bel­lieni was born as Charles Hen­ri Gimel, but took the sur­name of his step­fa­ther, André François Bel­lieni, who had Ital­ian roots. In 1880, Bel­lieni took over his stepfather’s busi­ness in Nan­cy and focused on the pro­duc­tion of cam­eras. The Jumelles Bel­lieni gained a strong rep­u­ta­tion, …