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. 

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.

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?