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decorated example of Belle Epoque taste. The Job brand had an estimated value of 1.2 million francs in 1892, and was held jointly by his heirs. They formed the Pierre Bardou-Job company, owned by Justin Bardou-Job, Charles Ducup de St Paul and Jules Pams, with headquarters on the rue Saint-Sauveur in
Perpignan. Although there were some labor disputes, the company was generally paternalistic and gave good working conditions, in the spirit of Pierre Bardou-Job.
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married his youngest daughter Jeanne (1868–1918). Pams was an attorney and municipal councilor in
Perpignan with a family fortune earned from maritime trade. While Pierre Bardou was an enthusiastic collector of "curiosities", Jules Pams was an enlightened amateur and patron of contemporary art, and
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At the end of 1858 Bardou bought a large house at 18 rue St
Sauveur in Perpignan (now the Rue Zola) for 40,000 francs, originally an apartment building, which he divided into one area for manufacturing and another for his residence. Pierre had a glass skylight installed in his "Hôtel de l’Industrie
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The small operation was based on the upper floors of a house rented by Jean Bardou on the rue du
Bastion St Dominique, at first using paper from another manufacturer. Bardou's children Pierre (1826–92), Marie (1821–98) and Magdeleine Bardou (1829–1907) and four other workers undertook paper cutting
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In 1857 Pierre Bardou married LĂ©onie Amiel, daughter of a
Perpignan confectioner, who brought no dowry. He bestowed 12,000 francs on her in case of his death. By the early 1860s Bardou had transformed his house on the rue Saint-Sauveur into a mansion with luxury furniture and valuable artworks. He
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In 1878 by presidential decree Bardou changed his name to Bardou-Job, an unusual example of the creator adopting the name of the brand rather than the reverse. His eldest daughter, Camille (1858–1934), married
Charles Ducup de Saint-Paul, a senior officer. His son, Justin (1860–1930), married the
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of that year. It was reassembled on the
Promenade des Platanes for the 1890 Perpignan Industrial Exhibition. He provided more than 400 items for the exhibition's Fine Arts pavilion, including liturgical furniture, antique weapons, Egyptian and Roman antiquities, Louis XV and Louis XVI furniture,
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Jean Bardou died in 1852. The JOB brand was auctioned in August 1853 and bought for 16,000 francs by Pierre Bardou. His brother Joseph Bardou had formed a separate company making "le Nil" cigarette papers, with a laughing elephant as its logo. In
January 1854 Pierre began making his own paper in
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Pierre Bardou was an avid collector of exotic and unusual objects. An 1871 inventory of the mansion at 18 rue St
Sauveur listed 669 items of furniture and decoration. The private area had twelve main rooms arranged around a courtyard above which was a gallery, There were two dining rooms on the
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Pierre Bardou-Job died in
Perpignan on 24 February 1892 at the age of 65. He died intestate, but his property was divided easily between his children. Jules Pams commissioned the architect Leopold Carlier to transform the mansion on rue St Sauveur, which Jeanne had inherited, into a lavishly
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du Papier a Cigarette" factory for illumination. It was used for manufacture from 1861 to 1879, and employed 80 workers in 1861. In 1865–66 a workshop was installed for lithography and printing. Around 1872–75 the Moulasse paper plant was opened on the Salat, a tributary of the
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owned a growing number of properties in the town and the countryside. Pierre's wife, LĂ©onie Amiel, died in 1871 leaving three children. His sister-in-law, Henriette Amiel, moved into the mansion on 18 rue Saint-Sauveur in Perpignan to care for them.
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ground floor, two libraries and a chapel upstairs. The house held an eclectic collection of paintings, statues, bronzes, ivories, enamels and weapons. In 1877 Pierre's private assets were valued at an estimated 413,300 francs.
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Perpignan. A range of flavored papers included licorice, anise, vanilla, juniper, camphor and so on. Careful attention to marketing included development of premium or luxury papers, with attractive boxes designed for ladies.
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paintings and sculptures. Bardou commissioned the Danish architect Viggo Theodor Dorph-Petersen to design a chateau for each of his children. These buildings were completed after his death. Justin was given the
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The use of cigarettes, where tobacco is rolled in thin paper, was imported to France from Spain by French soldiers of the army of occupation, particularly after the 1823 expedition of the
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