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"le non pareil" modèle B
Log burning
parlour stove
by Deville
Charleville Mézières
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Description
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!

  • Height 55cms (21½”)
  • Width 53cms (20¾”)
  • Depth  35cms (13¾" )
  • Width with the door open 72cms (28½”)
  • The flue size is 9cms (3½”) 35cms from the floor
  • Weight 50kgs (110 lb)
   
 
 
 
     

 
 
 

 
 
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