The old French cooking stoves were custom-designed crafted ones which came out as per user specifications. These stoves worked typically by using alcohol burners and were, and were movable making it easy to carry anywhere in home. The French cooking stoves were practical and functional apart from being buyer-friendly in form. Designed for home-use, French cooking stoves were specially created for bistros, medical health-care units as well as army-use, as they provided full-on heating benefits in cold winter months bringing a warm feel to the heart and hearth.

The best and most durable type of French stoves carried a cast iron finish and they provided better capacity to withstand high temperatures and heat rooms fully.

One of the popular types among the old-style French cooking stoves was the one Ardennes that was on move around 1900 to 1930. This stove, which now has found place among collector’s item, has a deep brown enamel finish, intricately designed front-opening door and the use of mica for the windows. These types of French cooking stoves were ignited using coal, coke or bits of wood. The size of the French cooking stoves increased by the 1920’s as to fit in the double-cooking plates.

Among other types of French cooking stoves included those without windows that had a side-fuel filling design, stoves with stippled colour designs, and fancy models with ornate carvings and deco work.

Speaking about the classic French stoves designs, the ultimate were Limogenes, made of delicate porcelain with a lustrous, deep-red color hand-painted with brass trimmings to the finish and Godinette, made of green enamel in the 1930’s.

Another model that found space in the list of classic French cooking stoves list, is the Mexico stove which got its name due to the bright Mexican motif of an Aztec Indian’s facial profile set in blue enamel plinth. This stove came out with a measurement of 3 cm. in height, 47 cm wide and a body of 30.5 cm. These stoves, now hot on collectors list is in heavy demand for interior decorations. These are purchased by art lovers to give an aesthetic look to their home.

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