The company's history dates to 1856 when Lucien Arbel in association with the Deflaissieux brothers began business in Rive de Gier in the Loire area of France; in 1869 he founded the Forges de Couzon on the river Couzon in Rive de Gier.
The work appeared at a difficult period for Offenbach after his return from America, which coincided in early 1877 with virulent attacks in the press, led by the senator Lucien Arbel, around the time of the production of Le docteur Ox.
Lucien Bonaparte | Lucien Favre | Lucien Lelong | Lucien Rosengart | Lucien Bouchard | Patrick Lucien Price | Lucien Wercollier | Lucien Lévy-Bruhl | Lucien Gaudin | Charles Lucien Bonaparte | Lucien Van Impe | Lucien N. Nedzi | Lucien Laurent | Lucien Laurat | Lucien Febvre | Lucien Arbel | Lucien Aimé-Blanc | Lucien | Jon Lucien | Jack Lucien | Lucien Whiting Powell | Lucien Shaw | Lucien Sarti | Lucien Sanial | Lucien Matte | Lucien Lison | Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer | Lucien Laurin | Lucien Herr | Lucien Goldmann |