Chateau de Bagnols
La Boutique Chateau de Bagnols
La Boutique| - Silver | Beakers - Cutlery - Ashtrays - Candlesticks - Fruit Set |
| - Silver Miscellaneous | A variety of silverware implements and articles including ladles, wine coolers, coffee pots, trays, sauceboats and scent bottles. |
| - China | Breakfast service, Limoges dinner service, stone and earthenware. |
| - Glass | Salles de Gardes glasses, Garden glasses, Armorial engraved glass and a variety of carafes, jugs and vases. |
| - Household | Brass and copper items including lamps, candlesticks, ashtrays, wine coolers and trays. Wooden items including plates, salt and pepper pots. |
| - Linen | Linen sheets and pillow cases, towels and towelling items, damask napkins. "Feather Foliage" Collection. |
| - Furniture | Chairs, stools, bedside and other tables. Garden furniture. |
| - Toiletries | Cologne, Bath Essence |
| - Books | Chateau de Bagnols and associated historical publications |
| - Comestibles | Earthenware pots, chocolates |
| - How to Order | How to order from our online store |
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The beautiful items offered for sale in La
Boutique's on line catalogue are part of the collection of over 500 objects
specially designed for the Chateau de Bagnols
.
This romantic chateau dating from the thirteenth century, set amidst the
beautiful vineyards of the Beaujolais countryside, near to Lyon in south-eastern
France, was rescued from ruin by Paul and Helen Hamlyn. It opened as a Hotel-Restaurant in 1992.
Whilst carrying out the restoration of the chateau, Helen Hamlyn spent over four years creating these items, after extensive research into seventeenth and eighteenth century designs. The craftsmen who perfected the final products were chosen from all over the world for their dedication and expertise.
The glassware, which was made in France, is based on
an eighteenth century Burgundian design, and the hand blown glass itself was
specially formulated to re-create the translucence and colour of the original.
The same wish to avoid the somewhat clinical finish found in modern china manufacture led to the creation in Limoges of a porcelain which returns to the patina and individuality of the eighteenth century.
Great attention has been paid to the manufacture of the silverware. The pistol handled knives are made in Sheffield, England, from an eighteenth century original. The blades were cut to a design which has not been in production since the end of the nineteenth century. All the silver has been carefully patinated to achieve a softer antique effect.
These are but three examples which reflect the overall concept behind this collection, the aim of which is to return to the traditional standards of the past.
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