Tag: Chapelon et Gervais

Traveling back to real Art Deco time. Store fronts with some very Art Deco looking customers hanging around out front. Imagery from a commercial catalogue published in Paris France in 1932 by Chapelon et Gervais. This is Part II. Part I was a post last month with the light fixtures and other home goods and furniture from the same catalogue.

7025. Devanture, métal poli, 1 porte ouvrante, 2 vitrines. Image 65 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0065.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail
Salon de Coiffure Dames – Messieurs. Devanture, fer forgé noirci ou peint, 1 porte ouvrante. Image 66 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0066.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail
Paris – Automobiles. Devanture, métal inoxydable, 1 porte ouvrante à 2 vantaux et imposte fixe. Image 67 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0066.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail
au Palais du Meuble. Devanture fer forgé, noirci ou peint, 2 portes ouvrantes. Image 68 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0066.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail

I would assume they were selling the store fronts (shop fronts) which could then be installed at your place of business. This is their only catalogue that is turning up online. They were listed as a firm working with masonry with the French government back in the mid 1960s but that’s all that turns up at least as of today.

Traveling back to real Art Deco time. No IKEA knock offs. Imagery from a commercial catalogue published in Paris France in 1932 by Chapelon et Gervais.

Front cover of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0001.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail
Title page. of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0001.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail



Lampes modernes, 1001-1004 ; fer verni noirci, poli, nickelé ou chromé, verre dépoli. Image 7 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0001.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail
Lampes Moderne, 1008-1011, fer noirci verni, poli ou nickele, verre dépoli. Tous ces articles se font également en chromé. Image 9 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0009.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail
Lustre Moderne. 5029; 6 luminaires, fer forgé noirci ou patiné, verres dépolis. 5030; 12 lumières intérieures, fer forgé noirci ou patiné, verres dépoli. Image 26 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0026.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail
Table. 6020-6022. Fer forgé noir verni ou poli. Marbre breche orientale ou ‘lap.’ Image 41 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0041.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail
Cadres à Photos. 6031-6032. fer forgé nickelé ou chromé. Image 45 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0045.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail
6036. Chenets fer forgé noirci; 6037 Pare-feu fer forgé noirci ou patiné. Image 47 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0047.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail
7019 and 7020: Balcon fer forgé noirci. Image 62 Image 47 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0062.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail