LE PETIT CABINET DE CURIOSITES

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Comme j'aimerais être sur le port de Cassis , au Soleil en train de manger quelques oursins avec des amis ..Juste partager un moment de bonheur .

Ce week end j'en partage un d'un autre genre . Je suis entourée de mes objets chéris avec mes amis antiquaires dans le village qui m'a vu grandir ..

I would like so much to be in Cassis n in front of the sun eating  sea urchins with friends ..and just sharing a special moment.

This Week end I share something diferent . I 'm surrounded by  my loved antiques with my antiques dealer) friends in the village where I grew up

Sea urchins in Cassis

WEEK END = WORK

We are on week end but I'm not ...

I'm working

I have organized a small antiques fair in Gèmenos with My Rotary Club

Gèmenos is a litlle provencal village where I went to school , I grew up , I have friends and I got to Rotary ...

It is the 3rd time , I hope it will be a success like each year

I have been very stressed ...

The " salon" takes place just at the left side ..in front of the town hall

Paislay

More about me :

I love paislay pattern

This paislay fabric from the italian factory ETRO is gorgeous , it looks like a rug and with the animal print it is just terrific . This fabric is available in my show room , for price , contact me

Paislay in daybed ..I love it . Etro fabric again and again

Pink paislay

Paislay and roses , for thoses who love romantic paislay .. Etro fabric again ..contact me for any information

For price of any of this sample of fabric , just contact me

Snow in Provence

Can you imagine , we are on the 15 th of november and it is snowing outside, here in Provence, south of France

Aubagne's mountain : le garlaban of Marcel pagnol with snow ...I know there is not a lot left this morning ( 11.16.07)

I hate snow and we are not used to it !!

Well I think I'm gonna show off my cold and snowing decoration

Pierre Frey is going to help me

Tyrol's fabric  155 euro / M

Tyrol accesories : such as bed cover with false fur or rucksack , cushions , china or others pillowe exist also

Tyrol accesories , you can make an entire snowing world at home thanks to this wonderful P . FRey

You can also have tablecloth , chinawares, printed tray , table runner or placemat , even box of matches...phonebook and a lot of others things in tyrol pattern

new red tyrol 2007 , I love this one also  with cushions ..box ...

Eveything is availbale just need to contact me for information and price

Les 3 vallées fabric from P . Frey

Green Tyrol from P.frey

Montana fabric from P . Frey

Alpage fabric again from P . Frey

Picture from P. Frey .com , Paris show room

Different warm cushions from falsefur collection or snowflakes collection or country collection

To end with my warm and hot desire for a cosy interior , let's add some false fur

Falsefur cushions and throws

I've been tagged by Robyn from My melange

1.  What four jobs have I had?

Well , one of my first job was being an aupair in Rhinebeck , USA , at the age of 18 years old . When I think about that , I was pretty young.

private teacher

directer of a modern art Gallery

and now an antique dealer and interior decorator

2- Four places I have lived?

Not very easy as I didn't move a lot

Marseille

Gèmenos

Aubagne

Rhinebeck , Hudson Valley

the 1st 3 towns are very close to each other

3.  Four places I have been on Holiday?

America

marocco

Italy

and MEXICO

4.  Four favorite foods?

MY favorite : CHEEEEEEESE

bread

saucisson !!

macarons .....

5.  Four places I'd rather be?

Coyocan in Mexico , to live in a colonial house surrouded by mexican art and going to flea markets and buying some antiques like milagro hearts and santos

In ouzbekhistan , sharing the life of the nomads and leaving surrounded by suzani

in Vienna , with Merisi eating " viennoiseries" or well pastrys and cakes

In  Tibet , praying and thinking  ( I'm not boudhist ...nevertheless)

I think I have to tag some others bloggers so I and we will know more each others Kitem , Mads

Well I wanted to add some pictures with you of these things about me but I don't have any right now so I will post some photos later

Oriental inspiration

Once again , my roots and origins come back.

I love everything that is oriental and exotic

For this kind of inspiration , I love to read style court blog

I love Moroccan ceramics

north african furniture

but above all exotic fabrics such as suzani , ikats ...and any oriental design

SUZANI OF RUBELLI

ORIENTAL AMBIANCE  Rubelli , fabrics available in my show room

contact me for more information

Rubelli's fabric

Frey's cushions available in my litlle cabinet  de curiosités . What wonderful suzani cushions

Tabriz cushions from Pierre Frey

French suzani inspiration of Pierre Frey : suzani coverbed: 170 x 200 cm

price : 325 euro + shiping

For information in this post , contact me

Neoclassic style

Today ,I wanted to share an icon in french decoration :

Madeleine Castaing

She was a fabulous interior decorator, an antique dealer, a collector, and avant gardist . She revolutionized decoration art and she was also patron of wonderful painters such as Chaim Soutine

Thanks to french traditional factories we can still use and buy her creation

I sell her fabrics in my show room .her fabrics are now published by Maison Petit

I have 2 common points with her : interior decoration and antiques ...

I love this pattern , it is so timeless , 115 euro / m

I use a lot this one , above all in empire ( Napoléon) style decoration

This room from Elle decor is so wonderful , I think they just need a better upholsterer or to refix the upholstery

castiglione pattern : 105 / m

embroidery rayures : 160 euro /m

Rayure : 75 euro / m

Picture in elle deco , look the wonderful castiglione pattern

rayure fleurie pattern : 70 euro/m

I love this 50's glamour garden chairs ..this Madeleine castaing's fabric just looks wonderful on it ...

You can also buy some Madelaine Castaing 's rug such as animal print

For me , she is an example . She put neoclassical style forward.

her decoration style and art is just timeless.

Thank you Madeleine !!

I know some of you bloogers , share my opinion .Check Peak of Chic post

OUR WINNER

More about me :

I collect painting from Algiers , more precisely from " villa abd el tif painters "

I own some of wonderful algerian paintings that " remind me " a country which I don't know but where I have roots.

This morning , my collection got bigger by buying a new wonderful painting ...which I am in love with

Emile Gaudissard 's painting (1872 -1956) My collection

I'm so in love with this painting . It seems I've always known her ..I had the same feeling than Maryam ..

Her name is written on the back of the painting : Zohra Fatma

So Zohra made me think about Maryam and her muse

The love she has for her , the way she cherrishes her ...

Then I wanted to write few words for her to congratukate her , she is in the 10 best middle east or africa blogs list ans SHE IS the 2 nd ...

GOOD JOB

But anyway for us I think she is the best and she is the winner , what do you think ?

Picture from  a set of pictures taking for making postcards. They are in glassplate

I couldn't help sending this picture for her ...Thank you for sharing Morocco and your wonderful life with us ..

Le fauteuil de Madame

THIS IS MADAME

 

a little XVIII th century miniature  : madame de ...

And this is her armchair

transition armchair available in my show room , in the back deisgner guild's silk

Again my dad made a traditional upholstery with horse hair ..It is a transition armchair that is to say between Louis XV and Louis XVI from the XVIII th century.

I also have a smaller one that makes a false pair . I' m sure the smallest one is le fauteuil de Monsieur . Madame needed a big one to seat with her lovely princess dress

Artistic upholstery

Once again, let's talk about something and someone I love.

Something I love : a very artistic and well done work

somebody I love : my dad

He knows how to make a real empire upholstery . It has a certain number of what we call " points "

Look at this precise and beautiful work .

it seems an enginering work , don't you think ?. Everything is so calculated ...

This special upholstery has a name : lame de couteau : "knife blade"

When you seat on it it is pretty stiff

une garniture en lame de couteau

an hand in progress

Isn't it a great work ?

I will show you the end of this work ...

I'm sorry about all these pictures but I'm totally in love with this precise and perfect art

By the way , as always My dad wants to share his knowledge and savoir faire by giving lessons ..We are going to figure out how is going to work out .

Well , at the beginning you will not learn how to do this kind of pretty hard work but you will learn how to recover a footstool , how to put trimmings on it .

How to choose the proper fabric

and may be how to hanggle your curtains ....

You will share the life of a real french upholstry workshop ...If someone is interested , contact me

the world of santons ... a naive world

I'm so happy with my today's find :

une creche : a nativity

My antiques shop is in Aubagne and Aubagne is the birthplace of the santons

They are small terracotta litlle figures and they represent the provencal life and nativity .

I love the old santons because they are very naive and all the figures seems so kind and gentle.

I would love  to live in their world .

I collect old santons but this time I'm very happy because it is an entire world so I have my nativity for christmas time . It will be so nice in my decoration in my shop . I hope I'm not going to sell it very fast ..

Look at my cute crèche : I love the 2 angels ...for price of the entire creche contact me

these animals are adorable

Look at the small details

My favorite character is " Lou Ravi " He is the happiest one in this small world

P.S : I know someone who is going to love my find ...