| Ornaments |
The extensive range of Ateliers d'Art Français ornaments, is worthy of decorating the most prestigious buildings.
Preformed, stamped, assembled and soldered by hand, the ornaments, made to order according to plans, sketches or old models, bear witness to the skill and know how perpetuated by the best craftsmen and ornamental journeymen.
The ornaments are made and distributed under the brand name of "Ateliers d'Art Français".
History of the Ateliers d'Art Français
Heir to the company founded in France in 1836, the Ateliers d'Art Français has been preserving the ornamental tradition since the middle of the XIXth Century.
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A subsidiary of Umicore since 1982, the Ateliers d'Art Français was integrated into the Building Products Unit on January 1st 2000. We wanted to preserve the know how while giving the business the industrial efficiency and quality of service for which the Umicore Group is already recognised by roofing professionals through its VM ZINC® products. |
Like VM ZINC®, the Ateliers d'Art Français is a Umicore France brand.
Unique know-how
Armed with 160 years of experience, the Ateliers d'Art Français continues the tradition of the European architectural heritage and participates in its conservation.
Its know-how is expressed through different commitments and services.
In order for us to maintain a high standard of quality, our ornaments are shaped, assembled and soldered by hand. The quality of our work serves as a standard on the market, for both our standard products and our identical reproductions.
The work of our ornamental metal workers, true artists, covers the entire palette of zinc and copper working: forming, stamping, spinning, soldering, etc.
Since there are no training courses, we train our own young ornamental metal workers who will continue the tradition.
So that our reproductions are as faithful as possible, we first design the ornaments on computer before entrusting their entire production to an ornamental metal worker.
The Ateliers d'Art Français design office advises architects and owners on their choice of standard ornaments, the style of a work or on the reproduction of old ornaments.
We offer technical assistance to roofers for the installation of ornaments.
Range of ornaments
The range of ornaments is made up of small and large catalogue items.
Some ornaments are tailor-made to plans, sketches or old models.
| Small ornaments |
| Finials |
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| Weathercocks |
| Stamped weather vanes |
| Punched weather vanes |
| Weather vane accessories |
| Smooth and curved preformed shapes |
| . mouldings, box gutter trim, cover strips, gutters, box gutters |
| . accessories: rings |
| Stamped designs |
| . double roofcaps |
| . galleries, awnings, scallops |
| . acanthus leaves, heads, flames, escutcheons |
| . ropetails, beads, rosettes |
| Roofing items |
| . scale panels |
| . slates |
| Rainwater downpipes |
| . fluted pipes, 5 sided pipes, bends |
| . stamped shoe and gargoyle bends |
| . ornamental hopperheads |
| Accessories |
| Large Ornaments |
| Domes |
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| Campaniles |
| Dormer windows |
| Bull's eye windows |
| Church spires |
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