Armchair on straight brown legs with brass casters, reupholstered in a thick cottone blue and white check. 70 cm deep x 74 cm at widest x 38 cm seat height x 82 cm back height. SOLD (A French armchair will also shortly be available in the same fabric).
French 18th century tall balusters with traces of original paint, mounted on new square plinths, converted to table lamps with grey silk wire. Lamp shades included. SOLD
19th century painted pine shelf for wall mounting (but seen here resting on top of a table). Shelves have runners for displaying plates. Later painted pale blue. 154 cm high x 174 cm long. sold.
These are stunning pieces. Cabriole legs front and back and decorative apron. Original distressed paint. Spanish. 54cm deep x 92 cm wide x 77 cm high. SOLD
Two 19th century landscape mirrors with ornate gilt and gesso frames. Possibly Italian. One is more distressed than the other but both beautiful. With hanging chain. SOLD.
Large mirrors were stacked up against the wall of one stall in the Jules Vallés market. Mirrors with foxed mercury glass, gilded frames, painted frames, gorgeous crests. The dealer obligingly heaved them all forward, bracing them with his foot, so I could take a look at a large white painted one with a fronton. Then […]
Later painted in a mushroom grey, French armoire with shelves and later fitted chicken wire panels. 136 cm wide including detachable cornice x 191 cm high x 54 cm deep. SOLD
French heavy oak panel with foxed oval mirror in original distressed chalky grey white paint. 93 cm wide x 103 cm high. Although old, the plate is not original to the surround. Price: £365.
Chalky grey white finish to this lovely foxed plate mirror with fronton. 158 cm at tallest x 87 cm at widest. SOLD.
French four door cupboard with four adjustable shelves and chicken wire panels. Painted in grey with paler grey detailing. 49 cm deep x 207 cm at widest x 206 cm high plus 13 cm detachable cornice. SOLD
Heavy French curved garden bench with thick metal mesh seats, one section of which is not intact. Wonderfully weathered. SOLD
Large cupboard with three shelves. Circular metal ventilation grill in cupboard door. Working lock and key. Old blue paint, nicely crackled and aged. 165 cm high x 112 cm at widest x 50 cm deep. SOLD.
It seemed like a good idea to go to the Paris markets in January. There would be a plentiful supply of stock. Trawling round bleak country lanes, with not a vide grenier on the horizon for weeks had much less appeal. So Graham came too and we took the Newhaven to Dieppe ferry. Cheaper to […]
English pine dresser base on bun feet. The cupboard door has an ogee arch. Three drawers. The trim has been replaced with new. Later painted in Farrow and Ball paint. 126 cm long x 77 cm high x 43 cm deep. SOLD
Continental pine bench with some original blue paint remaining. The right hand arm rest has been replaced with new. 190cm long x 56 cm deep x 90 cm at highest x 46 cm height of seat. Ample storage beneath. SOLD
Low nursing chair on wooden legs. Recovered in a pistaccio 100% linen (the colour is less vivid than in this photo). SOLD
Not far from Sées lived a dealer who had opened up the stables and a couple of rooms in his fine old 16th and 17th century manor house in order to sell brocante. The faded “Antiquités” sign had fallen off the wall and been replaced. As I drove into the courtyard I heard a bell […]
Two large wooden crates in good condition with Champagne Gue Epernay stencilled on both sides. SOLD
Pine three drawer commode, painted in pale blue, with replacement handles and escutcheons. Top has been marbled in pale blues and greys. 121 cm wide x 61 cm deep x 83 cm high. SOLD
Signed French water colour of Provencal dappled steps leading up to a door. In a French frame with acid free backing. SOLD.
Hand coloured French ornithological print dating from late 18th century/early 19th century. SOLD
Lovely deep apple green painted French circa 1920’s chairs with caned back and seat in good condition. SOLD
Monday morning, after a peaceful and restorative weekend with friends, I drove away from the old mill house and back on the road up to the Loire. Another visit Lilianne, a dealer I’d known for a couple of years, in her farmhouse. I only had room for smaller items at this stage but squeezed in […]
Comfortable armchair, re-upholstered and re-covered in neutral 100% linen. Square legs on brass casters. SOLD.
