{"product_id":"vintage-french-enamel-menuiserie-sign-1940s-121-4-x-221-2","title":"Vintage French Enamel Menuiserie Sign 1940s - 12¼\" x 22½\"","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis cheerful oval enamel sign has hung at Chanteduc, Patricia and Walter Wells's farmhouse in Vaison-la-Romaine, for years — and it arrived with a story already attached. Picked up from a dealer in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, it dates from the 1940s and reads \"Menuiserie — Au fond de la cour\": \"Woodworker — at the back of the courtyard,\" with a bold directional arrow pointing firmly to the left.\n\nThe sign is rendered in vivid mustard yellow with crisp black lettering arched across the upper half of the oval, and a graphic arrow running beneath.\n\nWalter, a keen woodworker with his own atelier at Chanteduc, bought it with characteristic wit. As he explains, \"I bought it as a joke because it pointed away from my atelier — an expression of modesty.\" That self-deprecating humour is entirely in keeping with the sign's charm.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition and patina consistent with age.\u003cbr\u003eApprox. overall 12¼\" high x 22½\" wide x 0½\" thick  \u003cbr\u003eApprox. overall 31cm high x 57cm wide x 1cm thick \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chez Pluie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54310834176338,"sku":"25408","price":879.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1166\/6698\/files\/DSC01539_99e6564e-ca10-4a4e-a01f-26c3b9f0463d.jpg?v=1787301441","url":"https:\/\/www.chezpluie.com\/products\/vintage-french-enamel-menuiserie-sign-1940s-121-4-x-221-2","provider":"Chez Pluie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}