Gilles Mathieu : antique dealer
![Black and white photo of the Butte antique store. Gilles Mathieu is seated and holds an old rifle. A grandfather clock predominates in front of shelves on which are presented antiques.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/la-butte-a-mathieu_the-butte-a-mathieu/wp-content/uploads/sites/171/2022/10/Decor-interieur-antiquites-GM.jpg)
Archives of Gilles Mathieu
During the 1950s, antiques were so undervalued in Quebec that it was Americans who picked up furniture, farm and industrial machinery, quilts and grandfather clocks for a pittance.
Gilles Mathieu was a pioneer in this field and participated in a revaluation of Quebec’s heritage.