Come November I made a swift and functional circuit to Chartres and Le Mans for two dealer’s markets. I stayed in budget hotels near the exhibition parks, where the parking spaces filled overnight with white vans. It was a straight forward drive down from Le Havre to Chartres. As I walked across a narrow stone […]
Thank you to everyone who came to the Decorative Living Fair at Chelsea Town Hall this month – it was a very good day. And to Jo Leevers (BLOG: “Decorative Love”) for her lovely review, a deep curtsey!
Striking portrait of a man from Angers, with his pipe, in summer shirt, seated in a green chair. Simple wooden frame. Signed R.Michiels 1942. 69 cm wide x 80 cm high overall dimensions. (Another portrait that I rather want to keep at my house.) SOLD.
Pair of lamps made from French balusters on new wooden bases, later painted with chalk paint and waxed. They are tall and slender. The shades are a neutral colour, rectangular in shape. The lamps have just been wired with silk wire. Overall height including shade 101 cm. Widest point of shade 44 cm. SOLD.
French fauteuil on cabriole legs with nicely coloured dusty rose petit point work. Back of the seat is covered in a check fabric (this fabric has a very small tear in one corner, barely visible). SOLD
Elegant yet substantial French chair with sprung seat, covered in pink petit-point work. Frame is painted cream with touches of blue. SOLD.
French watercolour of Provencal vines and landscape in an interesting old pink coloured frame. SOLD.
A mean Mistral was blowing as we started our drive home. Despite tall lines of trees planted as wind breaks, vines were waving in leafy frenzy. We were taking our time, travelling through the Cotes du Rhone. We stopped in Vacqueyras for lunch and to buy wine. Café tables were covered in shreds of tree […]
Zinc topped table on a base of three pairs of wooden legs with reinforcing wires and cross-struts. This is more suited to use as a kitchen island. The base is painted a greyish white. 89 cm wide x 81 cm high x 200 cm long. Two wide drawers on one side with replacement base and […]
These striped linen damask napkins are immaculate and magnificently huge. They came from the chateau of the Baroness de Caix de Chaulieu, tied in ribbon or string, with old visiting cards or At Homes used to label them – for example Madame Trichard of 123 Champs Elysees or the Vicompte de Narcillac. Price: £72 for […]
Pair of simple oval brass wall sconces for candles. 25 cm H x 15 cm W. SOLD.
Signed oil on board of cottages in the dunes – northern France or Belgium. Silver gilt frame. 96 cm w x 71 cm H. Price: £345.
Buffet from the mountains of Le Massif Central. Very solid and rustic. New internal shelf and new plinth added. Original green and black paint on doors, and matched paint on rest of body. 98 cm H x 114 cm W x 44 cm D. Price £465.
The Avignon market offered even more to tempt the avid purchaser. In the large open-air spaces chandeliers sparkled in the sun, piled white porcelaine glinted and metal garden chairs curved elegantly. A stunning gilt wood bed side table on such delicate cabriole legs glowed. I had to buy it. “Have a cherry liqueur chocolate,” offered […]
UPDATE – If you are in London on October 2nd do come and say hello at the Decorative Living Fair in Chelsea Old Town Hall.
Beautifully carved substantial oak element. SOLD
Georgian wire planter on legs. Distressed paint. Good condition apart from one broken wire on the top edge. Price SOLD.
Various sizes of creamy coloured glazed earthernware Italian confit pots with two handles. SOLD.
La Bottega dell’Orafo, vibrantly coloured oil on board of the goldsmith’s shop in Agordat, Eritrea. 66 cm wide x 51 cm high including the pleasing grey cushion frame. A printed page about Nenne is stuck on the back of the canvas. Born in 1909 in Savona, Italy she loved Eritrea and Ethiopia, and spent many fruitful […]
Scraped back to some of its original paint, a rustic pine cupboard with four shelves. 150 cm high x 100 cm wide x 30 cm deep. Feet have been replaced. SOLD
Two pine shelves, reinforced and later painted and waxed. Wooden hangers and nicely shaped brackets. SOLD.
Lovely aqua, grey and white colours to this bench. Nicely shaped legs, arms and back. 177 cm widest x 95 cm tallest x 53cm deep. SOLD
Vestiare from a French school. Each hanging compartment has a shelf at the top and a coat hook beneath. 158 cm widest x 35 cm deep x 178 cm high. The internal width of a cupboard is 29cm. Later painted and waxed. SOLD.
A serious young French girl, framed. 33cm x 41cm. Price: £95
