LE PETIT CABINET DE CURIOSITES

Chez gersaint ...chez moi ..today

or the begining of spring a  lot of new finds in my shop , new antiques , new ambiance , new style ...

XIX santo, very special piece , she is standing on a snake, on the back you can also see an old photo with its original frame

I am also the lucky owner of gorgeous linen from a house that was closes for 60 years

Victorian lace curtains and an alb with embroidey of wheats

From the same house, a lot of princess girlie dresses

I love this dress with daisies embroidered on it ...they are a lot ..I will share tomorrow , it is so cute

after a real estate from a 50's home , very glamour house, I have some 50's very interesting pieces

Leleu's style Desk and its armchair

vintage fabric from boussac ,this fabric has never been used , there is around 6 meters by 130 cm

more things to come tomorrow ...for price or information ,c ontact me

Advice ? ....

Some readers or bloggers ask me advice for decoration or antiques .

I don't forget anyone but the problem is that I miss time so I answer step by step

One of my reader from Washington DC , ask me some advice about a fabric for a pair of bergères.Let's call him PLT

This is one of the picture , my reader sent me

bergère Louis XV , begining of the XIX th century.

The "problems " were to choose a fabric that will fit into an " eclectic decoration" and that will value these antiques. The picture above doesn't depict the living room where they go today.

PLT moved to another flat and now these "bergères will have to match with zebra fabric and expresso colored wooden floor and chocolate brown sofa.

First, I think to value these armchairs , we have to choose something timeless . I think damask fabric will be the perfect choice .

My favorite choice will be a kind of rustic damask that looks kind of modern with an old Louis XV pattern , it is a fabric from Pierre Frey ( I guess you will already know it) It is called Apollon , and there is the plain fabric that matches with it.( so you can for example make others pieces with it , or curtains)

Pierre Frey, apollon , 110 euro / M

I will choose a cream color , but actually with this fabric you can several choice of colors

the color I will choose , first ....But

Otherwise I will also propose some timeless and classical fabric

Lelievre , Galanterie, coton and silk 170 euro / m

such as droguet de soie , I will another time propose the beige one

Prelle, Damas armoisin, 200 euro /m

classic silk damask

Braquenie , chambord , 200 euro /m

I think anyway the best color is anyway beige , cream ...

I could have proposed hundreds of others damasks but I prefer to choose the right ones

UPDATE

here is the Isabelle color From Apolon fabric that I like the most

antiques fair

I want to share with you some pictures of my stand

I love this other piece from my dad and the box ....is full of candies ..

provencal antiques