Gibert-Clarey (1873 - Present) was a French printing house active in Tours during the mid to late 19th century. In 1863, Jean-Baptiste Gibert (Vallères, Indre-et-Loire; June 24, 1832 - April 22, 1902) married Constance Clarey, daughter of the Tours booksellers and lithographers Pierre Clarey and Jeanne Martineau. Clarey and Martineau, who published as Clarey-Martineau, retired in 1865, leaving the business in the hands of their son, Alfred Célestin Clarey (Tours, Indre-et-Loire; October 9, 1838 - February 11, 1907), and son-in-law, Gibert. Jeanne Clarey, for some reason, retained the Tours lithographer's patent and did not transfer it to her son. This is likely why, in 1873, Gibert and Carey founded 'Clarey-Martineau and Gibert', opening a sales office in Paris. This iteration of the business was dissolved in 1876 when Clarey relocated to Ansières while Gibert remained active in Tours as 'Imprimerie Gibert-Clarey.' He specialized in vivid chromolithographic advertising cards, labels, and broadsides, with work often unsigned or signed simply as GTC. Their work won a bronze medal at the Exhibition of Applied Arts in Industry in 1876 and a first prize and silver-gilt medal at the Angers Exhibition in 1877. When Gibert died, the firm was taken over briefly by his widow, then by his son, René Gibert, who expanded into typography. The firm, remarkably, remains active as Gibert-Clarey Imprimeurs.



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