The company was founded in 1761 at Stein near Nuremberg by cabinet maker Kaspar Faber (1730-84), and has remained in the Faber family for eight generations [REF].
In 1927 Alexander resumed his original name for himself, his second wife (born a countess, Margit Zedtwitz von Moravan und Duppau, 1886-1973), and their son, Count Radulf (1922-2004) [REF].