LE PETIT CABINET DE CURIOSITES

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SINCE SATURDAY AT TWELVE I AM WITH MY MEXICAN FRIENDS , FAMILY....

They mean a lot to me and I am so glad to see them again here in Provence

They teach so many things , I have never met poeple like them they are so kind , so generous , so tough .

They never complain

they came with friends

With them and I am going to make a little tour of Provence .

So I will be away from my blog until thursday morning

On sunday I will be in Nice , french Riviera

in monday in Cannes , french riviera again.

I am going to go to Vallauris and Grasse , the city of the perfumes

In tuesday , in Avignon

and in wednessday , Back to a charming hotel in Gèmenos

Photos of Frederique Chagneau

We will pass by Cassis I'm sure .

If you come to Provence you have to go to Cassis

We also are going to stop by a Little french café with an old fashioned ambiance when they will eat their breakfast with croissant and tartines

I hope I will show you our tour with pictures ..when I am back

I am going to miss you

Retrouvailles

My sister Clarisse is back From Paris , from her upholstery lessons in the compagnons du devoir's school

In 2 weeks she learned a lot of things that she is going to share with us.

She learned to leave far away from her family

She learned interior design

she learned  english

she learned not to be pretentious

She is learning how to do the things right

But I know she is so brilliant and she is going to give us so much modern spirit

I hope she will use this kind of funny fabrics

Pierre Frey new fabric  : modern point de hongrie

I am so glad she is home I missed her so much ...

RED

Provencal decoration and provencal poeple use RED a lot .

Red ambiance in my shop

embroidery of red roses on linen 145 euro /m and a red striped cabriolet Aussandon creation

red leather bergere made by Yves Aussandon, my dear father

red toile in the interior of furniture

Kenzo red cushion available in our show room

red piece of furniture

Even the aprons are red and vintage

red provencal toile from Olivades 29 euro /m , for more information contact me

red provencal toiles , 29 euro .M

red provencal toiles from Olivades : 45 euro /meter

OH !God ....beautiful treasures

I don't know if I've told you that I bought the estate of an entire XIX th century convent .

I think I didn't but I have already wrote a post about my finds . Don't ask anymore for these beautiful hearts . They are not mine anymore.

Here are some others wonderful religious treasures, above all altar linen

XVII th century tabernacle in gilded wood , the door represent Louis XIV holding the world, and above it a papier mache XIX Virgin Mary for information and price ,contact me . The tabernacle is the only piece that doesn't come from the convent.

Old religious linen with wonderful embroidery , for price contact me

Incredible large altarcloth with beautiful embroidery of grapes and wheats

in the center IHS embroidery 

 

More religious linen , for price contact me

more and more and more

Unbelievable mother of pearl rosary , 140 cm lenght, for price contact me

   Beautil lectern for the Bible

I will show more of my incredible finds in next posts

Bloglandia party

I was so happy yesterday when I receive the invitation of Elisabeth through Constance

Unfortunatly I was late , Well I'm coming from France that is why

I had my own  " carosse " and my driver  .

By the desert , stars were  brightful and it was easy to find my way

We finally arrived at the door of the castle

A lot of my friends were there

It was hard to find all of them , I could see far away Constance

I was also late because I couldn't choose between my jewells and I was not sure about wearing my crown

For my dress it was also very hard , well as A french Cendrillon , daughter of an upholsterer I stole some fabrics to make me a wonderful dress and what about a tassel in my hear !! Here we go

 Let's start having fun

Nouveautes

Today , some news came (well actually it was yesterday as my computer didn't work fine )

What is inside ?

Boussac's Cushions , well you will tell me they look like american cushions but they are not . They are from Boussac , a brand of Pierre Frey

Here , more things

Can you read what is written on this home perfume box ????

O.K the picture is not that good so I'm going to help you : MArie Antoinette.

Could you imagine be the owner of Marie Antoinette's smell ?? Well we have also the canddle with the same wonderful smell

The pictures on Boussac's advert are better

Boussac 's curtains , everything is available in our show room , for price and shiping contact me

Treasures in french flea market

This week end was full of surprises and treasures .

I miss a lot the american yard sales but here we have our french " vide greniers" , sometimes you are wondering , why poeple kept this kind of junk in their attics but sometime you found treasures .

Here are mine , and every piece is for sale

Big victorian images  of a cute baby

Victorian images of " scene de genre"

Victorian images of italian poeple

XIX th century plate I love purple and green in this plate

detail from a clock and 2 vases : a charming angel

detail of an original XVII th century wood Jesus Christ . For price or information contact me

My last finds were 2 wonderful candies' boxes with a little bottle . I love them

Look at them aren't they lovely ??

I love all these treasures but I don' think I'm going to keep one of them so if you want to know the price or any information , contact me

A la française

All over the word , French culture is know for the "bonnes manières" le savoir Vivre à la française .

Here are some of these good manners  hanging on my walls

Les elegantes , watercolor hanging in my show room

In this old time , the meeting could take place in the hoods ...( that is not really true )

And the gentlemen were Marquis

In this old time , men wrote " discours sur la romance"

Well , I have to tell you that now some of our french good manners are gone , and we have nostalgia of this old ( "antique") time

my french classics

After Melissa's post about classics in home and decoration , I've thought about writing a post about my french classics.

I'm going to show you mine

Cristal chandelier

12 lights old  cristal chandelier in my show room

Victorian gilded miror

Classic antiques french armchair : Louis XV cabriolet with a Prelle's fabric . Also this Marie Antoinette's blue is one of my classic for bedroom or a boudoir

French old fashioned upholstery

French silk  : Wonderful Marie Antoinette's silk of Lelievre . This fabric is used in Versailles . It is one of the most expensive fabric it costs 600 euro / m .

Damask fabric on the wall

The way we sew the top of the curtains : tetes flamandes

AND LES TOMETTES;

THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHERS CLASSICS ...BUT ...IT WILL BE IN ONE OF MY NEXT POST

Fall with Designer Guild

I have to tell you that I have a lot of addicitions , one of them is to Designer Guild's fabrics .

But I guess I am not the only one.

I couldn't to Tricia Guild's Party on September 7 th to celebrate their new show room in Paris .

But this morning , I saw the beautiful and inspiring fabrics of Tricia Guild for these fall and winter

Beutiful new collections od Designer Guild

One is inspired by french XVIII th century : Gorgeous

All this collection of silk is wonderful . I love them because it is classic silks with modern colors.

I choosed one for my christmas decoration ...O.K I'm going to show you which one

I choosed this red one , it will look fantastic , I'm sure . It reminds me  Camargue , Provence , Arles and Christian Lacroix patterns  .

I love this one , it looks so different .

I don't know which ones of these beautiful fabric will be used in my show room , I have to think about it.

I already have  a lot of DG's fabrics , I love them ...so I have to use them

Designer Guild 's wallpaper in my show room's corridor

Designer Guild's butterflies in the bedroom

This fall collection is available , if you want more information , price , shipping , contact me