LE PETIT CABINET DE CURIOSITES

SHADOW

With honor

 

once again , the work of my dad has been recognized . la chambre des métiers gave him another kind of diploma " maitre artisan d'art "There was an article in a local newspaper : La provence

here is an exemple of tufted silk bergeres my dad upholstered ...what do you think about it , I love the grey embroidered fabric , it will fit perfectly in someone's bathroom

 

I'm very proud of him

P.S : don't look too much at the picture , my parents loo like " santons " , they look like old statues

Portrait of Madame

I'm a big fan of portrait , most of my clients are not.
They say to me : I don't want the portrait of someboby who I don't know and who is not from my family.
I love galery of portrait , it gave a soul and a story to an old house.
This morning, I came back with " Madame" , I like her , I don't care if she is not from my family

 

 

 

 

 

isn't she sweet ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love the detail of the little rose on her corset ...

Do you like portraits ? Do you have some in your home ? Are they only from your family ?

some examples :

old portrait in modern decoration

 

credit : elle decoration

thanks to lynn from Paris Hotel Boutique I discovered

airspace site you can visit some beautiful houses

and what did I find ? a lovely portraits display

 

Richmond road space with antiques flavor

ANSWER

Sorry to be late for the names of the winner and for the answer of the guessing game.
Some of you almost discover the answer , the 1st one was Kathleen Ellis , she is the winner.
Nevertheless Marie Noelle almost finds it , with her "angel's musical instrument" and I like her different answers , she has always so much inspiration,Constance also found that it was a musical instrument ,and Di thought the same , for the others I love your inspiration and imagination. Thank you for playing....

The answer is : an horn , in Provence for the "saint jean" celebration , that is to say for the 1st day of summer, parents would give this type of tarraiette (small toys in terracotta ) to their children.
This thing is rare because after the celebration , the kids threw their horns out .

Katleen , I'm waiting for your address to send you a little souvenir of this guessing game

photo credit : Gerard Therin, la nature en beauté

WEEK END

THANK YOU for answering to my guessing game.
Check out this week end I will announce the winner

thank you for reading me blog

Have a lovely week end

 

bisous or xoxo

GUESSING GAME

The godmother of this blog is the "queen " of guessing game ...

O.K may be this game would not be as funny as hers

but I wanted to know what you think of this piece

what do you think about when you see it ?

 

what is it for ...?

a clue : it is 15 cm high 

 

Tell me what goes through your head , if you don't have any clue use your  talent to tell me a funny story .

The 1st blogger that finds it will win a little prize ...( a surprise) wherever you are you will receive a piece from petit cabinet de curiosites .

I'm waiting until saturday to know about ..what is going all over your head

ANGEL

Yesterday was a perfect evening
I guess my angel was not too far


PS : check my post , tomorrow ....a surprise ...a guessing game

photo : an XVIII th century angel without arm but very helpful , available in my petit cabinet de curiosités

special evening

tonight, I'm in Nîmes for a special evening : brit'evening ( an evening with english expats)
I will present my passion , my job , my life : french antiques
I'm nervous .
Will I find the right words ?
Will I be a good talker ? I like to talk but I've never done a talk in english
I will think I talk to my readers , to my bloggers and everything will be find .... I hope
Will I communicate my passion ? I hope
For this january 20 th , I will think YES I CAN

 

I HOPE THEY WILL FOLLOW ME INTO MY WORLD JUST LIKE YOU DO

Nouveautés ..news

January as september is a month for new collection of fabrics. As for fashion , is time for flashy fabrics and fabrics for spring-summer 2009 .

Before the " salon " I had the chance to see some nouveautés

 

I'm a big fan of purple ...( I'm so in love with that colour that my boyfriend bought me a pair of purple sunglasses ..one day I will show you)

this sofa is definitely my kind, I may ask my dad to make one just like that for me

 

I love this rainbow footstool ..you still don't know which fabric's brand it is

 

THIS IS BOUSSAC , this brand is now part of Pierre Frey's firm ...

I love this kind of fabric and they are not very expensive

COLLECTION AVAILABLE IN MY SHOW ROOM

 

touch of red

I love red and I particularly love this kind of vintage dish towels , I found them in an old bistrot and there was a lot , they haven't been used and now they look lovely in my kitchen of my show room

P.S : this morning I'm very proud of me I managed to make a mosaic ....youpi

all these red things are available in my show room , contact me