Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The following parts of the building located 23 rue de l'Arcade, on Parcel No. 40, shown in the cadastre section BS, as delimited by a red border on the three planes annexed to the decree: the entrance hall, the stairwell in its entirety, with its stained glass windows and the adjoining vestibule: inscription by order of 24 November 2021
Key figures
Georges Debrie - Architect
Designer of the building and shops *Aux Dames de France*.
Louis Jacques Galland - Master glass
Author of glazed windows of the stairwell.
Isaac dit Gustave Gompel - Sponsor
Head of *Paris-France*, original owner.
Origin and history
The building at 23 rue de l'Arcade in the 8th arrondissement of Paris was built in 1904 by architect Georges Debrie (1856-1909) on the site of an old mansion. Sponsored by Isaac says Gustave Gompel, head of Paris-France (manager of the department stores Aux Dames de France), he illustrates the Parisian architecture of the first twentieth century, with its stone bowlows and a neo-XVIIIe carved ornamentation. The building is distinguished by its stairwell adorned with exceptional stained glass windows, made by painter-glassman Louis Jacques Galland (1855-1922).
Galland's stained glass windows, executed using a patented painting technique in 1892 with enamel on cathedral glass, represent rock trellises populated by climbing plants (clematites, roses, virgin vines). This work, considered the most accomplished of the artist in this process, is among the only three known with those of Hotel Regina and the winter garden of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The building housed until the 1950s the registered office of the real estate company Bernheim brothers and sons.
Partially classified as Historic Monuments in 2021, the building specifically protects its entrance hall, stairwell (including windows) and adjoining vestibule. Its exact address, 23 rue de l'Arcade, contrasts with an approximate GPS location indicating 20 rue Pasquier, reflecting a map accuracy deemed poor (note 5/10). The architect Debrie, also known for his shops Aux Dames de France in Hyères, Toulouse and Perpignan, leaves a characteristic imprint of the late Haussmannian style.
