Category: Brocante
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The French Provencal Nativity Scene
The Provencal creche is similar to North America's nativity scene, except it includes the entire village, not just a handful of shepherds, drummers, angels… The Provencal santons are made of harden clay. They are either painted or dressed. The creche…
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French Antique Guessing Game
Okay for those who have been following my blog, you know how these French Antique Guessing Games work. -Take a guess in the comment section. -If you do not know what it could be make a wild guess in…
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The Floral Brocante Find
Brocante Find: Not as early as usual, after a truckload of medicine and woollens wrapped around me to the high heavens, Alice and I headed towards the Paris flea market at Porte de Vanves, which is ten minutes away on…
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Brocante Buddies
Brocante Buddies Look how they are taken life in as the antique dealers and treasure hunters walk by. Today was the first day that autumn seem to give way to winter. The Brocante Buddies huddled closer. I would…
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Brocante Home in the Kitchen
Brocante home it starts in the kitchen: Linens, jars, baskets, plates, silverware, cups, pots, lids, bowls, knives, cutting board… Endless practical beauty that serves with grace and perfection over a hundred years later. A Creil jam pot, ironstone that…
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French Autumn and the History of Indienne Print Textiles
French autumn color designs: 1900s hand painted tile floors Provencal. New tiles with an old feel can be found here: Carocim http://www.carocim.com/index-en.htm Ravel Pottery http://www.poterie-ravel.com/en/ Brocante Pottery French Indienne Textile 1700s hand blocked…