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 "id": "balmain",
 "type": "House",
 "version": 1,
 "updated": "2026-10-08",
 "station": 12,
 "confidence": "B",
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  "BNF-BALMAIN",
  "LOC-BALMAIN",
  "OSMO-1",
  "REG-PIERRE-BALMAIN",
  "WD-1"
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 "name": {
  "value": "Pierre Balmain",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "REG-PIERRE-BALMAIN",
  "where": "reports/plan-steps/houses/filed/REG-PIERRE-BALMAIN.txt:7",
  "quote": "nom_complet: PIERRE BALMAIN",
  "confidence": "A",
  "note": null
 },
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  "Pierre Balmain"
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 "kind": "fragrance house",
 "founded": {
  "value": "1945",
  "precision": "year",
  "year": 1945,
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "BNF-BALMAIN",
  "where": "reports/plan-steps/houses/filed/BNF-BALMAIN.txt:7",
  "quote": "Maison de couture fondée en 1945 par Pierre Balmain.",
  "confidence": "A",
  "note": null
 },
 "founders": [
  {
   "name": "Pierre Balmain",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "BNF-BALMAIN",
   "where": "reports/plan-steps/houses/filed/BNF-BALMAIN.txt:7",
   "quote": "Maison de couture fondée en 1945 par Pierre Balmain.",
   "confidence": "A",
   "note": null
  }
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 "places": [
  {
   "place": "Paris, 44 rue François Ier",
   "role": "founded in",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "BALMAIN-PIERRE",
   "where": "reports/plan-steps/houses/filed/BALMAIN-PIERRE.txt:7",
   "quote": "Over time, 44 rue François Ier established itself as the beating heart of the House",
   "confidence": "B",
   "note": null
  }
 ],
 "notable": [
  {
   "what": "by Germaine Cellier",
   "fragrance": "vent-vert",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "OSMO-1",
   "where": "docs/sources/OSMO-1-osmotheque-collection-2015.md:62",
   "quote": "Vent Vert BALMAIN 1947 EXT Floral Vert Germaine Cellier",
   "confidence": "A",
   "note": null
  }
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 "lineage": [
  {
   "relation": "became",
   "name": "a house that went on after its designer’s death in 1982",
   "year": 1982,
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "LOC-BALMAIN",
   "where": "reports/plan-steps/houses/filed/LOC-BALMAIN.txt:7",
   "quote": "firm continued after designer's death in 1982",
   "confidence": "A",
   "note": null
  }
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 "status": {
  "value": "an active company in Paris (French register)",
  "as_of": "2026-10-08",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "REG-PIERRE-BALMAIN",
  "where": "reports/plan-steps/houses/filed/REG-PIERRE-BALMAIN.txt:8",
  "quote": "etat_administratif: A",
  "confidence": "A",
  "note": null
 },
 "notice": "Radler Parfums is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Pierre Balmain. Names and marks belong to their owners; this page is a historical note.",
 "links": {},
 "copy": {
  "lede": "A Paris couture house founded by Pierre Balmain in 1945, rue François Ier; the house of Germaine Cellier’s Vent Vert, and an active company today.",
  "body": []
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  "value": "Q1385309",
  "evidence": "documented",
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  "confidence": "A",
  "note": "the Wikidata item read for this house (its English label: Balmain)"
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