Warszawa wielu kultur

Reklama z roku 1914 znanego przed wojną Domu Towarowego Bogusława Hersego.
Ze zbiorów R. Chwiszczuka.
Advertisement of Bogusław Herse’s Department store from 1914.
From R. Chwiszczuk’s collection.
1829 roku właściciel fi rmy odlewniczej
(wyroby z brązu, platerowane i srebrne)
założonej w Warszawie w 1809 roku
przez jego ojca Aleksandra Jana (zm.
1828). W zakładzie tym odlano m.in. pomnik
Mikołaja Kopernika. Jego synem
był Ludwik Wincenty Norblin (1836-
1914), przemysłowiec, dyrektor fabryki
Towarzystwa Akcyjnego Fabryk Metalowych
Norblin, Bracia Buch i T. Werner.
Rozszerzył działalność fi rmy o nowe
działy produkcyjne: platerów i wyrobów
srebrnych; hojny ofi arodawca na
cele społeczne, dwanaście cennych
płócien malarzy polskich przekazał
Towarzystwu Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych;
członek Kolegium kościelnego parafi i
ewangelicko-reformowanej w Warszawie,
a od 1886 roku jego prezes. Fabryka
Platerów pod fi rmą Norblin, Bracia
Buch i T. Werner SA, znajdowała się
przy ul. Żelaznej 49/51/53, a jej fi rmowe
sklepy przy ul. Marszałkowskiej 127
oraz Krakowskim Przedmieściu 67.
Późniejszym osiedleńcem był Michał
Grosse (1770-1840), przemysłowiec
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call that when the Palace was sacked
by the Russian Military Police, Fryderyk’s
piano, which he played on often,
was simply thrown away.
For a while the most notable French
family were the Norblins, who arrived
to Warsaw fi rst as painters and medal
makers: with the generation of Norblins
turning their hands to Industrial production
of various types of metals. The
most outstanding representative of the
family was Wincenty Konstanty Norblin
(1805-1872), grandson of Jan Piotr
Norblin de la Gourdainea (1745-1830),
the eminent painter. Wincenty an Industrialist,
took over the family metal
casting company (producing bronze,
plated and silver goods) in 1829. Originally
established in 1809 by his father
Aleksander Jan (died in 1828). The
company caste the renowned Mikołaj
Kopernik monument. His son Ludwik
Wincenty Norblin (1836-1914), followed
in his father’s footsteps, becoming director
of „Towarzystwo Akcyjne Fabryk
Metalowych”, of Norblin, Buch
Brothers and T. Werner. He Company
diversifi ed into among other things the
production of plating and silver goods.
He was a generous charity donor, for
example donating twelve precious
paintings to the Society for the Encouragement
of Fine Arts (Towarzystwo
Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych). He was also
a member of the Board of the Warsaw
Calvinist Church, and in 1886 became
its President. His factory was located
at 49-53 Żelazna Street and their shops
at 127 Marszałkowska Street and at 67
Krakowskie Przedmieście Street.
Another settler to Warsaw was
Michał Grosse (1770-1840), an industrialist,
originally from Grenoble, and
specializing in the processing leather.
In his youth he was a French artilleryman,
and participated in the San Domingo
expedition. He settled in Warsaw
in 1810 and by 1825 opened the
fi rst tannery in the country, at Marymont
(at the time a Warsaw suburb).
„Grossowo” as the fi rm was called,
continued production right up to the
outbreak of World War II.
In 1835 Wilhelm Glier (1812-1899)
settled in Warsaw, and established a
factory producing wind instruments.
Initially his partner was Wilhelm Jan
Wernitz (1787-1841). The company
continued working right up to the outbreak
of the Warsaw Upraising, in August
1944.
One of the great Warsaw restaurateurs
and wine shop owners was
Frenchman Aleksander Bocquet (1839-
1901). He ran the restaurants at the in
Warsaw Grand Theatre (Teatr Wielki)
and another at the Rome Hotel (Hotel
Rzymski), purchased from the Wieman
family and located at the corner
of Trębacka and Moliera Streets. He
was also a member of the Moniuszko
Warsaw Music Society (sekcja S. Moniuszki
Warszawskiego Towarzystwa
Muzycznego). Both his sons continued
the restaurateur tradition. Aleksander
Bocquet (1870-1906) owned a restaurant
and winery at 114 Marszałkowska
Street. He also inherited the Rome
Hotel (Hotel Rzymski). Władysław
Bocquet (1871-1946), on the other hand