French table on cabriole legs with single drawer. The base has been painted at a much earlier date and the top left as bare pine. SOLD
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French painted base unit/cupboard
Painted in F&B French Grey, this cupboard is 184.5 cm wide x 68 cm high x 43 cm deep, with an internal shelf. The two fielded doors are asymmetrically positioned between fixed panels. As it was originally fitted directly to a wall a back has been fitted. SOLD.
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The Avignon fair
I stood in the growing crowd by the gates at the Avignon dealer’s fair the next morning. The tanned, worldly, elegant with hair swept suavely back, and the portly, gruff and voluble waited in palpable anticipation. At 8am the gates opened and the rush began. In the main exhibition hall stall holders had already set […]
A lovely French ceramic “fontaine” on a substantial oak base with shelf beneath. A new small plinth has been added to support the water container. A new metal band runs around the top of the container to hold it in place. The basin simply sits in position. The oak base is in original grey paint. […]
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French walnut buffet, later painted
Substantial French walnut buffet with two drawers and one internal shelf. Original working lock with key. A new pine base has been fitted, along with two new side kick strips, new feet and two new drawer knobs. Finished in a pale grey chalk paint and waxed. 138 cm wide x 95 cm high x 61 […]
A varied selection of engraving – classical garden designs, portraits and boudoir scenes – in French frames. SOLD.
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Huge wooden white painted balusters
Pair of one metre high pine balusters from France, later painted in an old white. SOLD.
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Isle sur la Sorgue
Later that afternoon I drove from Beziers to see the Mediterranean. A group of men by the port at Agde were intensely focused on their game of pétanque, and someone else was scraping down his wooden boat, listening to a breezy tune on his radio. A few couples sat out on café terraces, but it […]
Many items at Station Mill Antiques will be reduced from Sunday, 8th January – do come over and have a look. Meanwhile, in her book “Napoleon and Josephine,” Evangeline Bruce shared an extraordinary and evocative description of Paris just after the uprising against Robespierre and the Reign of Terror. Paper money had fallen to one […]
Pair of framed 18th century French engravings of the gardens of Versailles. Wonderful details of characters and costume. Currently in lovely faded pinkish beige frames dating from 1920 – 1930’s. The engravings were at one time folded and the creases are visible. SOLD.
Provencal pair of Girandolles candelabra. SOLD
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Framed 1950’s aperitif adverts
A pair of newly beautifully framed 1950’s adverts from Paris Match for Cinzano and Dauré. SOLD.
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French Beautiran quilt
A 19th century single Beautiran quilt with scalloped edges. The cotton fabric has been repaired with small patches and is worn in other places – still a beautiful item nevertheless. It is stuffed with cotton wadding. (Freshly dry cleaned). A plain linen backing. (Beautiran printed fabrics originate from a small village on the Garonne river, […]
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Noel
The French Christmas greeting, “Joyeux Noel”, derives from “Joyeuses Nouvelles”, glad news or tidings. Sending you warmest Christmas greetings and appreciation. Thank you for your ongoing enthusiasm and support this year. Wishing you joy and comfort, Gilli .
Striped or checked faded red, thick linen cushions too – these are from Alsace. Fitting 55cm x 35cm new feather pads. SOLD.
The greys and neutrals of this urban scene are a perfect background to the couple, especially the woman in her red coat. sold
A good selection of those enormous French linen napkins made to cover a person’s whole front and shoulders! Some are beautifully monogrammed with initials. Some are plain white, some have been dyed purple or taupe. SOLD.
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Italian glass chandelier
Lovely Italian glass chandelier with one central light fitting, newly rewired. SOLD.
Two turned wood, grey painted table lamps – similar but not identical. Newly rewired with grey, twisted silk wire and PAT tested. Sold separately or together. SOLD.
A Spanish plinth from a tabernacle, circa 1860 – 1880. Beautifully gilded. The top was originally painted and this has partially worn down to the wood. SOLD
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French hand-made wine glasses
Various styles of wine and absinthe glasses – tulip, etched, Mirabeau, simple bar glasses – are available singly, in pairs, fours, sixes and eights. SOLD
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The Deballage
For the next three days I stayed in the ochre-painted, blue shuttered farmhouse of a delightful couple, Yvette and Alain-Pierre. Behind its tall hedges Le Mas de la Cigale Bleue sat in the middle of vineyards and orchards, Gushing irrigation ditches ran alongside surrounding narrow lanes. My first visit to the major Deballage at Beziers, […]
French buffet in a grained grey finish with replacement locks and key. Two drawers beneath and one shelf inside. 140 cm wide x 101 cm high x 46 cm deep. £595.
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French quilt filled with lambswool
French hand-stitched quilt for a double bed. Dusky pink fabric with roses on one side. SOLD.
