For the last couple of years we have been on the look out for some chairs for two of the bedrooms.

We wanted to provide chairs where people could sit with some comfort.
There were , we discovered a lot of restrictions.
A large overstuffed armchair would be totally out of keeping and would dominate the room. It had to be something almost transparent , like those known as fireside chairs in Ireland, but it also had to be both of the region and -like the rest of the bedroom furniture , have a bit of age.
The final, and it turned out , most difficult problem was that these chairs would have to be affordable.

We looked just about everywhere , saw a lovely settee (like two of those pictured joined together) but it was a prohibitive €1500.00.
We investigated buying a Lloyd Loom armchair from England (not of the region but a l’epoque) only to discover that these were also outside our price range. Any of the other modern cane chairs which we looked at seemed coarse and out of place.

Last Friday at a Brocante Fair in Florensac we spotted these two beauties .
We decided we would be prepared to spend a hundred Euros on the pair.
Madame was looking for €150 , we struck a deal at €120, I think we were all satisfied.
They were, we had noticed, carrying a fair share of woodworm and had been altered sometime in their past, an apron put where a bar had been.
But, they were comfortable , distinctly old (my guess would be the begining of the twentieth century) and surprisingly comfortable.
Clive -the guru- always told us not to be afraid of woodworm “It’s treatable”
so Síle spent Sunday squirting woodworm killer into the little holes and then, this afternoon we gave them a room each.
I think they are perfect.
Now we need another two to complete.