Antique Boulenger & Cie French Fireplace Surround — Golden Chrysanthemum Floral, 21 Tiles

Description

From the storied kilns of Boulenger & Cie of Choisy-le-Roi, just outside Paris, comes a luminous harvest of French ceramic art — twenty-one matching high-relief tiles in a sunlit golden ochre glaze, their surfaces alive with radiating chrysanthemums and berry clusters. It is a floral surround at its most romantic: soft, subtle, and quietly opulent, the kind of tilework that graced the hearths and garden rooms of the Belle Époque.

Founded in 1848, Boulenger & Cie became one of France’s most prestigious ceramic houses, their faïence fine and art tiles prized for both artistry and technical durability, adorning private townhouses, grand hotels, and public institutions. Antique Boulenger tiles of this scale and quantity rarely surface intact — a coordinated set of 21 offers the full, uninterrupted floral pattern.

Details

• Maker: Boulenger & Cie, Choisy-le-Roi, France
• 21 matching tiles, 6 x 6 inches (15 x 15 cm) each
• Crisp botanical chrysanthemum-and-berry relief
• Golden ochre glaze with subtle cocoa shading and fine age craquelure
• Excellent for age; light wear consistent with antique tiles

Enough for a complete fireplace surround, a kitchen backsplash, or a statement wall — an unbroken field of French design history, salvaged, intact, and quietly radiant.