Category: Brocante
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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…
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Bringing it Home… Brocante Home Day
Since starting the French Muse Experience with Ruth, we have had many adventures, and they keep on coming. Neither of us mind, we are brocante (antique) addicts so the more adventures in brocanting (antiquing) the better. We had another…
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The French Muse
The French Muse Experience has come to an end, the next one will be in May 2016, though of course if you have four friends who want to come tomorrow or the next day or the week after, why…
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The French Muse Touring a Chateau of my Dreams
Friends of mine have cared for a chateau that has been left to decay in graceful surrender. A tragedy beyond belief. Today the French Muse went inside, as my friends are retiring and selling their collected cherished pieces. The chateau…