Yvan Hallouin and Frédérick Gersal take us on a journey to discover this private mansion on Avenue Iéna. It houses the Society of Engineers of Arts and Crafts. Follow the guides!
Head to the Chaillot hill to open the doors of this building with a little-known history. «It all started with the history of the School of Arts and Crafts, created in 1780 by La Roche Foucault-Liancourt. He led his regiment in war, and when he realized that there were obviously many deaths in his ranks and that the children of these soldiers were sometimes of modest birth (…), he did everything to set them up in a school in Liancourt, at his home, in what would become the department of Oise a few years later. He created a school of arts and crafts, and from there, from the first promotion, there were alumni. And it’s this society that was created in the 19th century, what we call the Gadzarts, meaning guys from the arts, implied, and crafts» tells Frédérick Gersal with his usual verve.
It was in 1925 that the Singer Hotel became the headquarters of the Society of Engineers Arts and Crafts and since then, a tradition has endured. One can guess this by taking a grand staircase adorned with walls of large-format keys. Frédérick Gersal has the explanation for this mystery: «These are what we call Ex Keys. It’s a key made by promotion. There are wooden ones, there are iron or metal ones. The size is not random. It must be either equal to the smallest of the promotion or equal to the largest of the promotion. So, it’s a symbol, obviously. I see it as a symbol of unity, of unity, obviously, since we cling to each other. But at the same time, it can slip into a lock, a lock that opens to the world, a lock that opens to knowledge, to power, and a lock that allows us to move towards the future!»
The Singer Hotel now houses a restaurant open to all
All episodes of Paname can be found on france.tv/idf
Yvan Hallouin and Frédérick Gersal take us on a journey to discover this particular hotel on Avenue Iéna. It houses the Society of Engineers of Arts and Crafts. Follow the guides!
Heading to the hill of Chaillot to push the doors of this building with an unknown history. It all began with the story of the School of Arts and Crafts, created in 1780 by La Roche Foucault-Liancourt. He led his regiment in war, and when he realized that there were obviously many deaths in his ranks and that the children of these soldiers were sometimes of modest birth (…), he did everything to set them up in a school in Liancourt, at his home, in what would become the department of Oise a few years later. He created a school of arts and crafts, and from there, from the first promotion, there were alumni. And it is this society that will be created in the 19th century, what we call the Gadzarts, meaning guys of arts, implying, and crafts,» said Frédérick Gersal with his usual verve.
In 1925, the Singer hotel became the headquarters of the Society of Engineers Arts and Crafts and since then a tradition has endured. This can be guessed by taking a grand staircase adorned on the walls with large format keys. Frédérick Gersal has the explanation for this mystery: «These are what we call Ex Keys. It is a key made by promotion. There are wooden ones, there are iron or metal ones. The size is not random. It must be equal to the smallest of the promotion or equal to the largest of the promotion. So, it is a symbol, obviously. I see it as a symbol of union, of unity, obviously, since we cling to each other. But at the same time, it can fit into a lock, a lock that opens to the world, a lock that opens to knowledge, to power, and a lock that allows us to go towards the future!»
The Singer hotel now houses a restaurant open to all.
All episodes of Paname can be found on france.tv/idf.
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