This is a superb little sky blue
stove comes from the early part of the art deco
movement about 1925-1935 but done in an art
nouveau style. You don’t need to have a huge
drawing room to get the benefit from this stove.
The casting designs on the front of the stove are
exquisite.
Please note that this is the 'Modèle B' version which has
a lift up lid and it does come with the optional
hook on ash pan.
This particular le non pareil benefits from a
complete nut & bolt restoration. We have
transformed "le non pareil" into a much longer
lasting and more performing stove. The firebox is
now made of 15/10 stainless steel, which is nearly
twice as thick as the original 8/10 mild steel
box. We have also commissioned a new cast iron
firebox top and base plate which are three times
thicker than the original. The flue baffle,
the flue spigot and the firebrick has also
been renewed. We have also replaced the mica in
the viewing window and the door. The door,
the door hinge, the door handle and the air
control turn screw have all been re-nickelled.
It was made by the well known manufacturer Deville
& Cie of Charleville in the Ardennes between
1925 and 1939, and can be found in their 1930
catalogue. This is medium sized stove, described
as a 'pôele à bois' visible et continue' by the
manufacturers was revealed at the 1925 Paris
exhibition which put France at the forefront of
industrial design and caused a fever of creative
activity throughout the world. They named this
beautiful stove 'no equal' and it was
developed to produce rapid heating for Parisians
returning to their homes at the end of the their
working day. Its not difficult to imagine how
style conscious the decor in their homes would
have been during this period.
This beautifully sky blue coloured
stove is in excellent condition, and really
benefits from the quality of casting and
enamelling associated with Deville. This stove
epitomises the best in art nouveau style and
design.
It has been a working stove, and as such has one
or two small chips to the enamel, but you have to
search for them. It is more or less 70-80 years
old and their condition is consistent with the
usual wear which is to be expected of any piece
like this stove that is of a certain age, and that
has been used to give heat and warmth to its
previous owners. All working parts are in
excellent condition, just connect the flue, light
the match and away you go!
Le non pareil was designed for all types of wood,
however I would recommend using hardwoods.
You can also use briquettes and the larger
wood pellets.
This is a beautiful, unusual stove and these
photos do not really do it justice. If you
look carefully at the film Chocolat, you can see a
honey brown "le non pareil" in Grandma's (Judi
Dench.) parlour!
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