Charming small oil on canvas of a girl. French. Signed Gilberte Flandrin. Submitted to Tuileries Exhibition of 1934, label on back to this effect. SOLD Clear
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Gilbert Baglione oil painting of Paris
Gilbert Baglione oil painting, “Quai”, on hardboard, unframed. Signed and dated 1954. A much prized French artist through his life, Baglione spent the early part of his career in Paris and now lives in Provence. Although his style has changed over the years, bare branched trees remain a familiar motif in his work. SOLD Clear
We drove out to see Madame in Vaugines. In her white painted village house with a fig tree in the courtyard she had still more boxes of books. She told me her grandfather had been a baker in Biscarosse. She sold me some enormous registers from the early 1900’s documenting his customers and his sales. […]
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The road to Provence
On hairpin bends through the Ardeche gorges and into heavy mist and rain. Tendrils of cloud fingered the mountain slopes. Graham headed off on his bike towards scenic mountain passes and I made for a brocante outside Montelimar – nothing too inspiring, but a few folding chairs and a side table were loaded in grey, […]
I am experimenting with posting my blog in words and pictures on YouTube. This is the “pilot”!
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Chateau adventures
In September Graham and I set off on a trip down to the Luberon and the Mediterranean – he on his Pan European, me in my van. We travel in convoy part of the way but inevitably lose each other outside Orleans. I arrive first at our Chateau chambre d’hote on the outskirts of a […]
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18th century carved coat of arms
Large French carved wood coat of arms with traces of original gilding and blue pigment. Detailing: a right arm/mitre and fleurs de lys. Top element is sadly missing along with a diagonal stripe. 33″/84cm at widest, 24″/61cm high. SOLD Clear
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First time at Le Mans
I take a meandering route to Le Mans next day, through rolling landscapes and forests. A few more calls on dealers on the way. Fleeting, drive-past glimpses of grand houses down allées of trees. Eventually negotiating the tangle of dual carriageways around Le Mans I find my chambre d’hote, a picturesque 19th century residence in […]
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Small painted wardrobe c 1820
Small wardrobe with hanging rails and interior shelf at bottom. Later painted. Restoration to base plinth. SOLD Clear
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A perfect summer day
Next morning as I’m tiptoeing out the kitchen, I spy the two family dogs in comical array. Oscar, the wire haired hound, is barely contained in a little dog bed and George, the Jack Russell, spreads out in the large one. George apparently likes to share Oscar’s bed, Oscar prefers to sleep alone and so […]
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Good relations
Further on I stop in a village to meet up with a dealer I’ve visited before. A wedding celebration is in full swing under a marquee next to the church. In the large warehouse I find an 18th century wooden altar surround stacked in pieces. I buy the dusky pink, elephant grey and gold painted […]
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Set of French medical dictionaries
20 volumes of French medical directories from 1830’s. Covers are a lovely faded pale pink. SOLD Clear
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Blue painted pine settle
19th century pine settle with original blue paint. Nice patina and wear. Fielded panels and box compartment. SOLD Clear
July. The weather is hot. I’m on an extended trip over to the Perche region and down to Le Mans for one of the large dealer’s fairs. I’m covering new territory, but also crossing the tracks of weekend visits made in my early twenties with my Parisian boyfriend to his father’s farmhouse in the Sarthe […]
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Blockades and paddling
Back again in May. French fishermen are blockading ports. Red painted slogans strung up on old sheets, and thick black smoke from burning tyres at many of the roundabouts as we drive out of Caen, instead of Cherbourg. I have brought my mother with me on this short trip. She has come well prepared, with […]
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En route!
We drive to visit an English dealer who seemed oblivious to the fact that I might want to look around the shop, or eventually to leave! We were regaled with tales of poor health and many operations. I didn’t find anything to buy there either. A few kilometres down the road we pull up in […]
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Painted chest of drawers
Nicely proportioned, very solid chest of drawers, 2 drawers over and 2 drawers under. Some original paint. Feet painted ochre red. SOLD Clear
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Three drawer painted chest of drawers
Compact chest of drawers, later painted. Three full width drawers. SOLD Clear
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Large pine settle
Impressive pine settle, with mushroomy brown paint on all but the seat, from County Cork. Lovely curved detail to arms, and panelled back. 174cm long x 61cm at deepest x 117cm at highest. SOLD Clear
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February buying
Three months later, I am back at the same café in Falaise, at 7.30am, this time with Graham. We are both glad of a grand café creme as the town shows signs of coming to life. Our first stop is back at Raymond’s to collect my pile of little objects, that have sat through the […]
The next day we met a dealer in an industrial unit with shutters rolled up to let in the light – and the freezing morning air. Fingerless gloves are a must! We talk as I make some purchases – a pleasing oil painting of a Provencal town, a sturdy fruitwood chest of drawers. Monsieur tells […]
Delightful side table with cabriole legs at front, later painted in pale grey and distressed. 81cm h x 96.5cm w x 54cm d. Full width drawer 15cm high with original metal circular pull. SOLD Clear
Large French mirror (155cm high to top of fronton, 87cm wide) with white frame with traces of original gilt and ochre. The fronton has suffered some damage but this does not detract from it’s overall charm. SOLD Clear
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Pine side table with decorative apron
English pine side table later painted with grey and old white chalk paint and distressed. (78cm wide, 48cm deep, 72.5cm high). SOLD Clear
