Deville

"Salamander" style

Art Nouveau

multi-fuel stove

This very beautiful and extremely ornate French Art Nouveau bow fronted cast iron enamelled stove with a porcelain pull handle was made by the well known manufacturer Deville & Cie of Charleville. This is medium sized version of the 'Salamandre' style, and is called a 'cheminée à feu visible et continue' by the manufacturers.

Made by the in the Ardennes between 1900 and 1930. It was manufactured at the very end of the Art Nouveau style and can be found in their 1930 catalogue.

In excellent condition, and with the quality of casting and enamelling associated with Deville. The enamel is in a most beautiful shade of blue. The  stove epitomises the best in Art Nouveau style and design.
 
This stove is a working stove, and as such it does have one or two small chips to the enamel, but you have to search for them. All the mica windows have been renewed. It is more or less 80 years old and the condition is consistent with its age. All working parts are in excellent condition, just connect the flue light the match and away you go!

 This stove was designed for coal and coke burning, it will burn wood easily too but in smaller pieces.
  This is a beautiful, unusual stove and these photos do not really do it justice.

The dimensions are:

68cms H (26¾”) x 58.5cms W (23”)  x 40cms D (15¾”)  and the flue size is 9.7cms (3¾”) 41.5cms (16½”) from the floor.

Weight is about.70kgs
 

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