234 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin, Paris, Historic monument and workshop in 10th arrondissement, France.
Claverie at 234 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin is a corset factory and shop founded in 1860. Its cream-plastered upper facade has rows of tall windows with dark frames and a narrow iron balcony railing. At street level, a light-blue double door sits beneath a carved stone surround with a panel inscribed "CLAVERIE" in gold letters, flanked by glass shop windows.
Auguste Claverie founded the corset factory and shop here in 1860 at 234 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin. The firm grew with branches in Bordeaux, Brussels, Nantes, the French colonies and North African trading posts. The porte cochère, the stair and its cage, and the façade and interior of the two ground-floor shops were inscribed as monuments historiques on 29 June 2011; façades and stained glass were restored in spring 2016.
The structure received official recognition as a monument historique inscrit on June 29, 2011, acknowledging its architectural and historical value to French heritage.
The building is in a well-connected neighborhood with multiple metro stations nearby and good links to other areas of the city. Since this is an occupied residential building, only exterior viewing is possible.
Behind the porte cochère, whose doors and pediment are among the listed elements, lies a courtyard planted with dense vegetation. The same 1860 decor served as a film set for Le Viager, with Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru and Claude Brasseur.
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