Monday, 24 April 2023

Froid-Poitou

This is the vintage refrigerator in one of the food preparation rooms in l'Image Restaurant. I suspect it is not as old as you might think. I'd say mid-20th century, but it might date from the Seventies, or even Eighties. 

Vintage fridge, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
I'm intrigued by the mirror on the middle door.

Francois Pouzioux, who is named on the black plaque as the maker, died in 2004. His company still exists in Chatellerault though, still specialising in commercial coldrooms and fridges.

Vintage fridge interior, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
It was the material used to line the fridge that initially made me suspect it was of a later date than you might think.

The fridge is oak on the exterior. Pouzioux were certainly making fridges that look a lot like this in the late forties or first half of the 1950s. I know that because I found one for sale, with a three digit phone number listed on the maker's plaque, which allowed me to date it. The phone number on the one in l'Image is longer, which means it is later than that. I could of course email Jean-Michel Chedozeau, who owns the fridge, or indeed Pouzioux, and ask. But where is the fun in that?

4 comments:

potty said...

Mirror = Hat on straight

Le Pré de la Forge said...

The bar next to the Tourist Office in Grand Pressigny has a wonderful, fully working set of these... door furniture is Art Deco, along with the matching counter and floor tiles.... should be a "listed" interior in my book!!
Mirror will be for the waiting staff possibly... they'd have to continuously adjust their attire when busy!!?

Le Pré de la Forge said...

Also, if you go to the side of La Promenade... on the road towards ours, you can see the wonderful heat exchanger unit for theirs.... behind a grill at the bottom of the wall just under their kitchen window!!

Susan said...

Potty and Le Pré: Yes, that was my best guess regarding the mirror, but I would have thought a fridge wasn't really the ideal place.

Post a Comment