Leroy wallpaper factory

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Leroy wallpaper factory
Factory floor
power plant

The Leroy wallpaper factory in Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry in the Seine-et-Marne department in the French region of Île-de-France was built in 1913/14 and was in operation until 1982 after the First World War . In 1986, parts of the former factory were added to the list of architectural monuments in France as Monument Historique , and the facades and roofs followed in 2006.

history

In 1842 Louis-Isidore Leroy (1816–1899) founded a wallpaper factory in Paris . In 1912 Maurice-Isidore Leroy (1877-1933), the grandson of Louis-Isidore, relocated the factory to Ponthierry, which is now a district of Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry. On a 30-hectare, on the banks of the Seine and near the national road N 7 lying terrain, with railway connections to Corbeil-Essonnes and Melun , had Maurice-Isidore Leroy, who was from 1912 to 1929 Mayor of Ponthierry, factory building designed by the architect Paul Friesé (1851–1917), known for his modern, functional industrial buildings. Close to the factory buildings, Maurice Leroy also had a workers' housing estate ( Cité Leroy ) built with 144 identical houses and gardens, including a hospital for his 500 employees, which was also designed by Paul Friesé. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the Leroy wallpaper manufacturer was a pioneer for technical innovations and valued for the variety of its wallpaper patterns.

Factory building

Reinforced concrete was used for some of the factory buildings, a building material that was still new at the beginning of the 20th century. The warehouse is made of brick and quarry stone. The production rooms were adapted to the individual production steps, they were bright for the draftsmen and engravers and well ventilated to ensure the drying of the paper. A separate steam power plant was used to generate the energy. The factory not only made wallpaper, but also developed and built wallpaper printing machines.

After the decline in the 1970s, the factory, which at times employed over 600 people, was closed in 1982. In 2000 the municipality of Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry bought the buildings. In the former factory hall, an auditorium, a restaurant and a cultural center ( 26 couleurs ) were set up, which opened in 2011. From the first floor of the building you can see the bank of the Seine, on which the coal for the power station was delivered by ships.

Printing machine 26 couleurs

26 color printing machine

The name of the cultural center 26 couleurs refers to a wallpaper printing machine that is set up in an exhibition room. This machine, which could simultaneously print paper rolls in 26 different colors, was an invention of Louis-Isidore Leroy. It was considered a world first when he presented it at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1878 . In 2003, the printing press was added to the list of movable cultural assets ( Base Palissy ) in France as a monument historique .

literature

  • Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos (ed.): Le Guide du Patrimoine. Île-de-France . Hachette, 2nd edition, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-01-016811-9 , p. 504.
  • Georges Poisson (ed.): Dictionnaire des Monuments d'Île-de-France . Éditions Hervas, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84334-002-0 , p. 720.
  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne . Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , p. 1222.

Web links

Commons : Wallpaper factory Leroy  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ancienne usine Leroy in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Printing press in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ′ 11 "  N , 2 ° 32 ′ 43.4"  E