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91st www.foiredechatou.com FOIRE DE CHATOU P R E S S P A C K Art & Communication • Sylvie Robaglia • Lætitia de Waresquiel 06 72 59 57 34 • sylvie@art-et-communication.fr • www.art-et-communication.fr SEPTEMBER 25 / OCTOBER 4, 2015 Ile des Impressionnistes [78] From classic to plastic The trendsetters’ notebook The Chatou Fair… A history, a place, an ambience / From classic to plastic/The trendsetters’ notebook/Art galleries at the Chatou Fair/Fashion, jewellery and style/What does it mean to have experts present ?/The Good Food Trail/ A friendly village just 10 minutes from Paris… Press visit/Thursday 24 September /10 a.m. Trade day : Thursday 24 September from 8 a.m. Open daily 10 a.m. to 7 p.m./Experts present/ Parking service/ Rail Access by RER A-line, Direction Saint-Germain-en-Laye, RueilMalmaison Station/Free shuttle service from the station, Exit 1/Road access from Port Maillot, via A14/A86, exit Pont de Chatou – GPS Pont de Chatou. 91st CHATOU ANTIQUE FAIR SEPTEMBER 25 / OCTOBER 4 2015 From classic to plastic For its 91st edition, Ile des Impressionnistes [78] from 25 September to 4 October 2015, the Chatou Fair will celebrate diversity – built into its DNA from the word go – with a bang up-to-date theme : “From classic to plastic“. 91st CHATOU ANTIQUE FAIR ANTIQUES MARKET ART GALLERIES REGIONAL SPECIALITIES Rendez-vous on www.foiredechatou.com TRANSPORTEURS OFFICIELS • OFFICIAL CARRIERS Agrément métropole et international - 91ème Foire de Chatou Code identifiant : 25304AF The Chatou Fair, from classic to plastic T he Chatou Fair is the most important antiques and collectibles fair in France. An institution in its own right, it brings together 700 dealers from all over the country and welcomes 35,000 visitors over 12 days. Every edition attracts new exhibitors. For this edition, the traditional green, wooden, covered alleyways and stalls will be replaced with a tent village in gleaming white canvas. The 91st fair will be a celebration of the diversity that has always been in the event’s DNA, reflected in an up-to-date theme : “From classic to plastic “. The latest fashion is to dare to mix styles and to avoid a purist look. The Chatou Fair brings together professionals with an eclectic range of personalities and specialities, from classical art to designer plastic. This mingling of styles and tastes allows every visitor to put together a universe in his or her own image. NEW : The Chatou Fair will offer guided VIP tours, « Leçons de Chine » accompanied by decorators or experts to teach the art of antique-hunting like a pro (limited numbers, book to join). 3 91st CHATOU From classic to plastic ANTIQUE FAIR place, an ambience From classic to plastic Trendsetters’ notebook Art Galleries Fashion, jewellery, style Experts present, what that really means The Good Food Trail A friendly village 10 minutes from Paris IN THIS ISSUE The Chatou Fair … a history, a 6 7 8 17 20 21 22 25 Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau 4 The Chatou Fair is organised by the SNCAO-GA (National Union of Dealers in Antiques and Collectibles and Modern and Contemporary Art Galleries). With 1,200 members the SNCAO-GA is the most important representative body for the antiques trade in France. Traditionally known as The Brocante and Ham Fair, the event changed its name last year to The Chatou Fair, in recognition of its evolution over the years to include jewelers, antique dealers, art galleries and representatives of France's myriad regional food products. The Chatou Fair is an event certified by the SNCAO-GA, with the label "France-Europe- Antiques-Quality". All exhibitors are professionals who engage themselves to sell on a basis of authenticity. The organisers provide an expert advisory service for visitors. SNCAO-GA • 18 Rue de Provence • 75009 PARIS Tel.: + 33 (0)1 47 70 88 78 • www.sncao-syndicat.com contact@sncao-syndicat.com Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau 5 The Chatou Fair… a history, a place, an ambience P icturesque and not to be missed, The Chatou Fair has set up its stalls on the Impressionists’ Island at Chatou since 1970; but its origins date back to the mediaeval Foire aux Salaisons, the Salt Meats Fair, a great Gallic tradition. In 1840 the fair took up fixed residence on the Boulevard Bourdon, near the Place de la Bastille in Paris. At the same time the city's scrap dealers and junk merchants started their own fair next door, a proximity that linked This year the Chatou fair has changed his appearance while retaining its spirit. A village of white tents has replaced the traditional green wooden barracks, for more comfort and light. the future of the two fairs together. In 1869 they were both moved to the Boulevard Richard Lenoir, where they remained for nearly a century, initially taking place once a year, and from 1940 onwards twice-yearly. The fair was then known as the Foire à la ferraille, aux pains d’épices et aux jambons – the scrap metal, gingerbread and ham fair. Stallholders would bake little gingerbread pigs decorated with their favourite Christian names, a custom reflected in the Chatou Fair’s little pig logo. In 1970 the Prefect of Paris, the capital's top administrator, ordered the fair out of the city. But rather than see it die, the SNCAOGA stepped in with a rescue plan, installing it on Chatou's Impressionists' Island. The September 2015 fair will be the 91st on its present site. 6 Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau From classic to plastic Can nostalgia be born from new ideas ? At the Chatou Fair nothing is more with-it than the past. Ferret out what’s in, mix styles, recycle old objects – it’s an antique hunter’s trend heaven. FROM CLASSIC Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau TO PLASTIC M aybe it’s influenced by the recent show at the Château de Versailles, « The 18th century, at the source of Design », which looked at classical art from a new angle : By setting 18 century furniture against a plain white Jean-Nouvel backdrop, far th removed from over-busy baroque, the cabinet makers’ craftsmanship and rich creativity comes into sharper focus and you understand that yesterday was cutting edge too ! Today, the classical - often repurposed, revisited or recombined - responds to a longing for sophistication in an age searching for an echo of safe haven values. In the 1970s a new player appeared on the style scene: Plastic. It brought buzz, a certain lightness, new forms and colours: Bright, brash colours made their comeback in Seventies interiors. 7 From classic to plastic TReNdSeTTeRS’ NOTebOOk AT THE CHATOU FAIR The Chatou Fair brings together professionals with a variety of styles and specialities – from classic to plastic. It’s a rich brew, a medley of furniture and objects from different periods, and different dealers. Here’s a taste of it, a sort of trendsetter’s notebook, an invitation to lose yourself in the fair’s alleyways, and find inspiration. Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau 8 From classic to plastic TRENDSETTERS’ NOTEBOOK Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau For funky furniture, colour it classical Wake up the ‘60s fan slumbering inside you Anne et Philippe Barois, who are showing fine 18th Right century pieces, have coloured the interior of a late 18th century Dutch veneered wood display cabinet in a brilliant electric blue. opposite the Barois’s stall, Clément (Clément Vintage) is showing vintage ‘70s kit (the juxtaposition is what makes Chatou magical): childhood memories, a touch of rock’nroll and a few fantasies. 9 From classic to plastic TRENDSETTERS’ NOTEBOOK Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau Periodic fusion Based in the Gers region of southwest France, the Fauroux family, dealers in antiques and collectibles, sell to a prestigious clientele. At the Chatou Fair they are showing high quality classical furniture with a preference for the high mediaeval and renaissance periods, and gilded wood frames. It’s a style that fuses surprisingly well with 20 th century design – as illustrated here with a ‘70s chair from Delorme antiques. 10 Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau Light on old lamps For a flash of style A 1950s standard lamp has quit its home on the Alain Brocante stand to settle into an elegant 18th century setting, warmed by finely sculpted wood panelling presented by Philippe Renard, a go-to dealer for top interior decorators for the past 35 years. From classic to plastic TRENDSETTERS’ NOTEBOOK Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau Provocative rouge Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau Spice up the decor Theatrical and glamorous, nothing works better than Florence de Boissieu is an experienced interior the lipstick look for catching the eye. 20 century decorator. She knows where to find light-hearted, armchair flaunts its style among Second Empire scene: Think giant blue casino wheel or 1950s Elsa Hafen, denizens of the Marché Paul Bert in the upholstery fabric. th art specialist Alexander Vittoz’s bright red designer curios on the stand of Clément Rosenzweig and unusual furnishings and ornaments to spice up the armchair, still covered in its original orange Paris Flea Market. 11 TRENDSETTERS’ NOTEBOOK Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau Where there’s a will, there’s willow From classic to plastic Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau The art of deco Marine de Parscau is a young woman with a When it comes to interiors, nature is in again. Natural fibres such as willow, rattan and bamboo atmospheres, heightened by the use of lively way-out curiosity shop based in the Finistère region she mixes with ‘50s ceramics, while avoiding the crop up everywhere at Comptoir Yamaska Nord, a of Brittany. Here Véronique Garcia Chevillotte, who once owned an antique shop in Canada, cultivates the art of living and authenticity, surrounded by curios and oddball objects. 12 stage designer’s talent for creating evocative coloured objects. She sells 20th century furniture that cliché of the « all scandinavian » look. From classic to plastic TRENDSETTERS’ NOTEBOOK Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau Classics revised Mixed seating The galerie des Victoires specialises in clocks and ornamental bronzes from the mid-18 and early 19 th th centuries, a time when French horology was admired around the world. This was the period, in fact, when Louis XVI brought together, under the single designation of « bronzier », or bronzemaker, all the craft skills of horological design – draftsmen, sculptors, foundrymen and gilders. Fred Avizou, a decorator and design When it comes to chairs, mixing is a must, allowing daring shifts and style associations. On Raoul W’s stand, against the backdrop of a giant clock and a spiral staircase, a black American chair, from Antik ici et là, shares space with a stripped wood Louis XVI armchair from Jean Jeri and a squat « toad » armchair, all pink velvet and fringed trimming, from Cyril Soret. architect with a taste for patinated GustavianScandinavian furniture and curious ornaments, displays his clockmakers’ bronzes as free-standing artworks in modern interior settings. 13 TRENDSETTERS’ NOTEBOOK Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau The virtue of simplicity Hearth and home «When the right thing is in the right place, it becomes At LXIV antiques, you’ll find yourself plunged into beautiful» says Alicia de Rolland who loves the raw, the atmosphere of a family home. Around the 1950s objects. Tall candles and contemporary pottery add pictures creates a disorderly aesthetic, full of charm. poetic, functional beauty of simple furnishings and to the mood of monastic chic. 14 From classic to plastic period fireplace, a jumble of bits and pieces and From classic to plastic TRENDSETTERS’ NOTEBOOK Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau Transparency at the table Stack ‘em up Sébastien Masey (La Fleur de Lys), is showing a Shed, loft and workshop conversions have inspired series of 19 century blue opaline glass plates, on a a style of interior decoration using industrial metal fine 1860 English china service from the Pinder furnishings, such as the cult Tolix stackable steel Bourne pottery in Stoke-on-Trent. Opaline glass chair. You can hunt for industrial design on the th adds a touch of colour to modern table settings, where centrepieces, tureens, ewers and silver stands of Jean François Arboré, Mathieu Momein, Eric Renaud, Brice Maillard and many other dealers. candlesticks are also back in service. 15 From classic to plastic TRENDSETTERS’ NOTEBOOK Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau LOL Make it mysterious A funny thing happened on the way to the fo(i)rum. The Manderliers’ stand is a real curiosity cabinet, an Philippe le Ray’s stand is a place to laugh out loud endless source of inspiration. Here, everything is – full of nostalgia, memory and childhood joys. Old unusual, each object an actor in a little theatre toys, advertising panels and posters, shop signs and of the strange. furnishings, all incitements to spice up the surroundings with a splash of folly. 16 Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau CHATOu’S ART GALLERIES Photo: © Galerie Bouscayrol 17 AN eCCLeCTIC AND MODERN MIX M any art galleries exhibit at the Chatou Fair. The Bouscayrol Gallery is showing top French contemporary and modern artists, such as Combas, Hambourg and Brayer. Photo : © Galerie Bouscayrol Look out for painters of the Breton schools, favoured by Yves Bouger, a dealer from Granville. Pierre Suzanne is eclectic, Sabine Tissot selective; Diane et Eric Lhoste offer established signatures of modern art. Catherine et Olivier Boucard (Galerie Tempera), buy like collectors, concentrating on the honesty and quality of the work. They are showing paintings from the ‘20s and ‘30s and abstract works from the ‘50s. Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau 18 Get your paintings restored at the Chatou fair V éronique Lantrès a skilled art restorer, operates from a workshop two hours outside Paris, between Bourges and Vierzon. For the last three years she has installed a temporary workshop at the Chatou Fair, where visitors can bring in paintings for cleaning, picking them up at the end of the fair. She demonstrates how to remove or lighten old varnish without touching the original paintwork. “I do not get rid of the sunsets” says this professional, who has clients throughout the whole of France. 19 FASHION JeWeLLeRY Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau AND STYLE AT CHATOU Y ou can find vintage apparel aplenty at the Chatou Fair, with clothing and accessories from the 40s, 50s and 60s including the big couture names such as Chanel, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Lacroix and Jean Paul Gaultier. About 20 jewellers offer a vast range of jewellery in the main artistic styles of the 18th - 20th centuries (First and Second Empire, Art Nouveau, Art Deco...) and classic examples of the watchmaker’s art. Jaeger Lecoultre reverso classique © Riondet Antiquités Blandine Cambazard, an expert in gemology and antique and modern jewellery, will be at the Fair to offer advice and expertise. 20 eXPeRTS Photo: ©Delphine Morali PRESENT What this really means T GA. he Chatou Fair is organised by the This is the reason for the presence at the most important antiques trade fair of experts from the CEFA, a company association in France, the SNCAO- of experts affiliated to the SNCAO-GA. It accepts as exhibitors only professional dealers who are members of the association and proposed by their peers. The association stands guarantor of the quality of exhibits and requires exhibitors to truthfully present the objects that they sell. Irrespective of value or period, the essential requirement is that an object should be correctly described and sold for what it really is, to avoid the sale of new or fraudulent copies of antique originals. Their role is to examine the exhibits and, if necessary, have them withdrawn from the fair. They provide free certification of the authenticity and quality of the goods on offer, draw up certificates of authenticity on request and provide free advice to buyers. Their activity underpins the fair’s long- term reputation for excellence. 21 A TRIP DOWN CHATOU’S GASTRO ALLEY A whole alley of the Chatou Fair, the Boulevard Voltaire, is given over to the pleasures of the table, a sampler of the immense richness of France’s gastronomical heritage. Oysters from Brittany and Normandy, Foie Gras and confits from the Gers, cured hams and sausages from Corsica and Lyons, tripe from Guéménée or the Vire, cheeses from Savoy, charcuterie specialities from Brittany, the South-West and Auvergne, traditional oils and mustards, wines from Mâcon, Burgundy, Bordeaux and Alsace. Photo: Yannick Dubois, the duck specialist from Brittany – who loves pork! 22 Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau P eople come to have fun in a friendly place and enjoy Geneviève Bébin’s famous ham on the bone or her suckling pig, freshly spit-roasted before your eyes. Her ham is prepared by hand, following a traditional recipe, just the thing for a genuine gourmet moment. The Oliveras, specialists in Pata Negra, offer a selection of the best Spanish hams: Serrano, Pata Negra and Bellota. Yannick Dubois is from Brittany but his speciality is duck! Pan-fried foie gras to be eaten on the spot or homemade cassoulet to take away … it’s all good… including the pork. As a good Breton he can’t resist adding cubed pork “rillons” and filet mignon to his menu. But best of all is Yannick’s humour -- to be savoured without moderation. Marie Lauga has her own fan club of foodies, built over three generations since 1976. Her address isn’t public -- her clients come to her by word-of-mouth only. At the Chatou fair she offers good foie gras sandwiches, washed down with a glass of wine from the hills of Gascony. Frederic, from the Ardeche, invites you to taste his regional cheeses and sausages, seating his customers around great tables where everybody quickly makes new friends. Don’t leave without buying some of the many mustards from Charroux - magical concoctions that transform a simple slice of cooked ham into a refined and savoury delight. Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau Photo: Geneviève Bébin’s ham on the bone 23 Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau IT’S NOT ALL HAM at the Chatou Fair A There’s more to the Chatou Fair than ham! You can taste excellent Marennes d’Oleron oysters at Titi et Fifi’s stand, Les Perles de l’Atlantique (Atlantic Pearls). Customers come to this haven of peace and good humour for the freshness of their oysters, for their preservative-free seafood products from the Ile d’Yeu and, last but not least, the atmosphere. And making waves this year, Patrice Chapon installed his chocolate mousse bar at the fair for the first time last March. He offers chocolate from 5 origins: Cuba, Equador, Madagascar, Venezuela and Equaga ( a mix of Equador and Ghana). While modern chocolatiers generally work with processed cocoa products, Patrice Chapon makes his own cocoa from beans that he hunts for around the world and processes in his own cocoa factory, using antique tools and traditional methods. 24 Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau THe FRIeNdLY VIbeS OF A VILLAGe FeTe, 10 MIN FROM PARIS The Chatou Fair is not just an antique show and it's far more than a flea market. It's the pleasure of life's good and beautiful things, the chance to meet exceptional and passionate people, the unique and convivial atmosphere of a pop-up village 10 minutes from Paris. Live it and share it, it's not to be missed. Photo: ©Sébastien Siraudeau Open daily 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. / experts present / Rail Access by ReR A-line, direction Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Rueil-Malmaison Station / Free shuttle service to/from the station, exit 1 / Road access from Porte Maillot, via A14/A86, exit Pont de Chatou - parking - valet service available. 25 91st CHATOU ANTIQUE FAIR ANTIQUES MARKET ART GALLERIES REGIONAL SPECIALITIES Map The Ile des Impressionnistes [78] 26 26 What you need to know 91st CHATOU ANTIQUE FAIR Opening times: 10 am to 7 pm daily Phone/Fax: + 33 (0)1.34.80.66.00 Free shuttle service: Every 20 minutes from Rueil-Malmaison station (RER A, direction Saint-Germain-en-Laye), exit rue des 2 gares experts: On call at the Commissariat Général (Organisers Office) Gastronomy: Tastings and sale of regional produce on Bd Voltaire entry : 6€ under-15 free SNCAO-GA • National Union of Dealers in Antiques and Used Goods and Modern and Contemporary Art Galleries 18, Rue de Provence - 75009 PARIS Tel.: + 33(0)1 47 70 88 78 contact@sncao-syndicat.com / www.sncao-syndicat.com ANTIQUES & ART OF THE XXTH CENTURY SEPTEMBER 25 / OCTOBER 4 2015 from classic to plastic Ile des Impressionnistes [78] 91st F O I R E D E CHATOU ANTIQUES MARKET ART GALLERIES REGIONAL SPECIALITIES C réati o n : Learn more at www.foiredechatou.com Daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. / On-site EXPERTS / Admission 6 € Free shuttle from Rueil-Malmaison station [RER A] / VALET SERVICE TRANSPORTEURS OFFICIELS • OFFICIAL CARRIERS Agrément métropole et international - 91ème Foire de Chatou Code identifiant : 25304AF P R E S S R E L A T I O N S Art & Communication • Sylvie Robaglia • Lætitia de Waresquiel 06 72 59 57 34 • sylvie@art-et-communication.fr • www.art-et-communication.fr Design: Alexandre Reynes 28