Description
August at Étretat: the sea glittering, the white cliffs blazing in the sun, and the pebble beach dotted with striped umbrellas and folding chairs. Children dug for crabs among the rocks while their parents read newspapers they had no real intention of finishing.
Every summer Grand-père claimed the same spot near the rocks, set up his blue chair and refused to move until the tide came in, at which point he would retreat exactly three feet and settle down again. He kept a paperback in one pocket and a bag of cherries in the other. This porcelain beach chair, painted blue, with a removable umbrella to shade it, recalls those long, lazy afternoons. Give it to a beach lover, someone heading for a coastal retirement, or anyone longing for the next vacation. On a bathroom shelf among the seashells, or on an office desk in the depths of February, it promises that summer is never far away.
Worth noticing
- A blue beach chair
- Comes with a removable umbrella
- Measures 3 x 2.5 x 3.5 inches
- From Rochard
- Chair and umbrella hand-painted on Limoges porcelain made in France
A sunny gift for a summer birthday, a beach-house warming, or a colleague counting down the days to vacation. Lift off the little umbrella and set it back again, and you can almost hear the gulls and smell the sun cream.
