Cambrai · institutional · listed
Hôtel consulaire de la chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Cambrai
- Architect
- Pierre Leprince-Ringuet, Ernest Herscher
- Date
- 1930 (begun 1923)
- Type
- institutional
- Style
- Regionalism (Art Deco decoration)
- City
- Cambrai
- Status
- listed
- Address
- 5 place de la République, 59400 Cambrai
Commissioned in 1923 in the new administrative district of the rebuilt town, the chamber of commerce building was entrusted to the architect Pierre Leprince-Ringuet, assisted by Ernest Herscher. The façade, in brick and cast stone and adorned with low-relief sculptures representing commerce, industry and abundance, belongs to neo-regionalism, whereas the interior reflects more of the Art Deco taste, notably with the black-and-white stained-glass windows by the master glassmaker Auguste Labouret. The hall, the grand staircase with its wrought-iron handrail, the council chamber and the library have retained their original decoration and furnishings. The building was listed as a historic monument by order of 16 February 2009.
Translated from the French original.