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Art Nouveau places in Nancy, to see from the street or to visit.

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  1. Maison Weissenburger seen from the corner: pale stone, white iron balconies, a slate roof with a pale zigzag, a tall stone chimney, a door with a white grille.

    Maison Weissenburger

    Lucien Weissenburger built for other people. For himself, in Nancy, he put seaweed at the door and crabs on the ceiling.

    Nancy · 1903
    Lucien Weissenburger
  2. Main room of the Brasserie Excelsior: pale vaults, iron chandeliers, tables with white tablecloths and mahogany furniture.

    Brasserie Excelsior

    Louis Moreau brewed beer in Vézelise, in Lorraine. To get Nancy drinking it, he gave it a room where the ceiling is covered in ferns.

    Open to visitors
    Nancy · 1910
    Lucien Weissenburger, Alexandre Mienville
  3. Nancy Chamber of Commerce seen from the street: three bays of pale stone, carved decoration around the windows, a tall slate roof pierced with oculi, a blue canopy over the door.

    Chambre de commerce de Nancy

    It was a glassmaker who demanded the competition. Antonin Daum sat on the board of the Nancy Chambre de commerce, and he wanted the architects of the East to measure themselves against one another.

    Nancy · 1906
    Émile Toussaint, Louis Marchal
  4. Banque Charles Renauld seen from the corner: a tower of pale stone topped with a slate spire, a three-arched porch at its foot, a BNP Paribas sign.

    Banque Charles Renauld

    In the hall of this bank grows a plant named after money. Honesty, the money plant, with its discs as round as coins, runs along the banisters and the gallery.

    Nancy · 1908
    Émile André, Paul Charbonnier
  5. Génin-Louis building on the corner of two streets: blue riveted steel frame, white panels, a corner oriel and a slate spire.

    Graineterie Génin-Louis

    This blue building was purple at first. Jules Genin and Camille Louis, grain merchants, had it built in steel, hiding none of the rivets.

    Nancy · 1900
    Henri Gutton, Henry Gutton
  6. Villa Majorelle seen from the street: walls of pale stone, very steep slate gables, a large arched window under the tallest one.

    Villa Majorelle

    They called it Jaykay. Two letters said aloud, J and K: the initials of Jane Kretz, wife of the cabinetmaker Louis Majorelle.

    Open to visitors
    Nancy · 1901
    Henri Sauvage, Lucien Weissenburger
  7. Façade of the Musée de l’École de Nancy: brick and blue ceramic crossed in a grid, under a tiled roof.

    Musée de l’École de Nancy

    At first, it was only a pied-à-terre. In 1904, Eugène Corbin, son of the founder of the Magasins Réunis, rents a seven-room house in Nancy.

    Open to visitors
    Nancy · 1911
    Lucien Weissenburger (extensions, aquarium)
  8. Maison Bergeret seen from the street: pale stone, a large slate roof, a corner gable stretched to a point, pointed-arch dormers.

    Maison Bergeret

    Albert Bergeret slept next to his machines. He ran the Imprimerie artistique de l’Est, and his house abutted the workshops.

    Nancy · 1903
    Lucien Weissenburger

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