Category: Brocante
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Remembering the French Muse as a Distraction
C A jar with a label that says: Orange Leaves. Packaging then. Simple daily elegance. Taking time and pleasure in the ordinary. Last week on the French Muse we saw such wonderful antiques, various things, simple…
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Between the Pages
Between the pages tucked in with sentences stories each word somehow caressing the root and heart with gentle guidance and at times a thunderbolt to the source nevertheless unveiling a life lived. Old books and papers notes from…
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Creative Friends
Awhile ago at my favorite place and pastime (all time) in the world, need I say more at the brocante I met an artist and his wife. At the end of the brocante we talked and talked and exchanged…
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French Antique Guessing Game Winners
Photo via Out of This Century "During the 1870s to 1890s, there were gadgets called skirt lifters also known as dress holders. These devices were hooked onto the skirt waistband or chatelaine (a belt hook from which dangled by…
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French Antique Guessing Game
Every now and then I come across an antique at the brocante that I do not know what it is. Do you know what it is, what it was used for? If so write it…
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