Letty Cottin Pogrebin | Cottin & Desgouttes | Advertisement from 1914 for the works of Jules Cottin and his siblings, Madeleine and Alfred, taken from the book ''The Guitar and Mandolin'' by Philip J. Bone |
Thus, Cyrille-Edouard Cottin, who could not enter, created his own business and teamed with Pierre Desgoutte in 1906, when he was 36 years old.
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Cyrille-Edouard Cottin (1870-1942) was a French industrialist and racing driver, co-founder of the Automobiles Cottin et Desgouttes company.
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All of this together with the high technical competence of Pierre Desgoutte, allowed the new company Cottin& Desgoutte sto develop rapidly.
Cottin-Desgouttes front suspension was in turn inspired by J. Walter Christie's 1904 design and he was inspired by plants.