Ateliers de fabrication de vitraux, dits Ateliers Lorin

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History

The Lorin Workshops were founded in 1863 by Nicolas Lorin, master glazier, in Chartres, first in the Saint-Chéron quarter, then at 46, rue de la Tannerie. Located to the east of the city, between the Eure and the town ditch, the Workshops were installed and built in 1869 on the site of an old tannery, in the old medieval quarter of river trades, at a time when the city had a very pronounced bipolar structure: seat of ecclesiastical and political power and also merchants' city for the upper city, places of production and dwellings of artisans for the lower city. At the foot of the cathedral, in this quarter on the banks of the Eure, which the Conservation Area has helped to preserve, the Lorin Workshops have changed little since their creation and this gives them great charm. For more than 100 years, three generations of Lorin succeeded one another. Nicolas Lorin created the business in the second half of the 19th century. He executed numerous stained-glass windows in France and abroad: Chartres, Paris, Lyon, New York, Saigon, Vienna, etc. In 1878, at the Universal Exposition, the Lorin House employed 53 people. Charles Lorin practised his art from the end of the 19th century until the beginning of the Second World War. He developed the business. Member of the Syndical Chamber of Decorative Artists, award-winner of the Central Society of French Architects, Charles was entrusted by the Ministry of Fine Arts with the restoration of the stained-glass windows of the cathedral and the Church of Saint-Pierre in Chartres, of several other cathedrals in France and of a great number of historic monuments. François Lorin maintained the business throughout the 20th century, first with his father, then alone. He died in 1972. Upon the death of Madame Lorin, the business was bought by Gérard Hermet, Jacques and Mireille Juteau, all three master glaziers. Since the death of Jacques Juteau in 1988, Gérard Hermet and Mireille Juteau continue, with their three employees, to maintain these Workshops and to keep this art craft alive. The premises still possess part of their equipment from the end of the 19th century.