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The building on 24 rue Saint-Dizier in Nancy, built in the 1st quarter of the 20th century, is part of the local Art Nouveau movement, strongly inspired by the École de Nancy. Acquired in 1906 by Eugène Arnoux, a tailor by profession, the building houses its workshops on the first floor in 1909. That same year, the painter-glassman Jacques Gruber (1870–1936) designed the front, made by the cabinetist Georges Schwartz (1837–1908), and created all the windows of the building. The marble works are provided by the Neancan company Righetti, illustrating the collaboration between local artisans.

In February 1911, architect Louis Déon (1879–1933) proposed a two-storey expansion project, only one of which was finally built (signature and date visible on the third level). Two years later, in March 1913, he partially changed the workshops on the first floor. In 1942, the covered terrace in volcanic cement was almost entirely removed. The building has been partially protected since 1994, with an inscription covering the front, door, stairwell and windows.

The building embodies the alliance between art crafts and emerging industrial architecture, characteristic of Nancy at the turn of the 20th century. Its decor, marked by the organic motifs dear to the École de Nancy, reflects the lasting influence of this movement on the local heritage. The successive interventions of Gruber, Schwartz and Déon make this an example of artistic collaborations of the time.

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