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Keys of my heart

Does someone find the key(s) of your heart ??
Tell me

Souvenirs of voyage ...

Everyday, my job is a new destination ( a voyage )

A trip to others visions

a trip to others centuries

a trip to others feelings

This morning, in an old trunk I found a beautiful collection of indian terracotta figures from the XIX th century .
they were wrapped in an old asiatic embroidered silk

This find was a real trip , a feast for the eyes .

Love this weird figure

I can imagine the poeple who bring them back at the begining of th XXth century ..

Mon métier est chaque jour un nouveau voyage

un voyage vers d'autres visions, d'autres siècles , d'autres sensations.
Ce matin, au hasard de mes découvertes, dans une vieille malle j'ai trouvé une collection de vieux " santons" d'Inde.Ils étaient soigneusement enveloppés dans une très belle soie brodée asiatique
je peux facilement imaginer leurs anciens propriétaires , les aventuriers qui les ont ramenés au début du XXe siècle.

 

..."Mais les vrais voyageurs sont ceux-là seuls qui partent
Pour partir; coeurs légers, semblables aux ballons,
De leur fatalité jamais ils ne s'écartent,
Et, sans savoir pourquoi, disent toujours: Allons!"...

extrait Le voyage de Charles Baudelaire

 

 

Inspiration

 

bouquet of Pink Dhalias

fabric of Osborne and little

silk or jewelling ?

After having written several posts about flowers , you may have thought I became a Florist ...But I don't

I'm still an antiques dealer and my dad is still  an upholsterer.
Everyday we have the chance to cross treasures, gems , beauties and news

This time our road crossed the road of a beautiful embroidered silk from the XIX century . It was a special order for one of the richest french family at this time : R....Family ( they are still famous and rich )
My client had the chance to buy 2 entire set of silk , it is to made a pair of armchairs and a pair of chairs.
This silk is XIX th century but it looks brand new , indeed it has been very well kept

 

The embroidery is so delicate and gorgeous

My clients want to put this fabric on a pair of Louis XIII armchairs , which I've sold to him

I will try to show you the process of my dad's fabulous work

 

 

Would you dare seat on this silk ?

Pink Monday

Let's see la vie en rose this week

tomorrow, don't forget to stop by here . I have a treasure to share with you  ( a secret : it is about fabric )

Salon Maison et objets, braderie of Lille but what else ??

In France , this week end is pretty busy if you are an interior decorator you may be in Paris in The salon Maison et Objets .
If you are an antiques dealer you may be in Lille ( north of France) to " chiner " in the famous Braderie of Lille.
I think I'm almost both of that , I try to be an antiques dealer and to be an interior decorator but I choosed to stay in Provence, to enjoy the last days of summer , to go to the flowers market , to think about my own trends ...

My trend and my "needs " : purple flowers

What are you doing this week end ?? 

 

Les olivades : tradition but modernity

collection dominique picquier

If you want to remodel the interior of your bastide and want to still have a provencal ambiance but a modern ambiance :

les olivades is your good choice

modern provencal patterns ...so colorful

pink colorful provencal patterns, love the mix between green and pink ,Above all on the one with flowers

 

near by the swimming pool

In the states , Les olivades are distributed by Pierre Frey

provencal tradition : les olivades

Room with Les Olivades fabrics : typically XVIII th century provencal spirit

Let me introduce you to a provencal factory which I love to work : Les olivades

As always it is an old family factory. Les olivades is the only left factory to keep on in Provence the tradition of prints on toiles, tradition which have begun in Marseilles in 1648 .

You can visit their factory in Saint Etienne du Grès , it is fantastic . I can even be your guide.

The provencal prints on toile have a long historical story . Nowadays these provencal prints were fist coming from India

 

Toile de jouy from Les olivades , with a typically provencal color

Les olivades have made the choice to keep on producing their fabrics in France ,and they are very competitive . Indeed , their fabrics are very high quality , nevertheless they are very affordable..

 

the same toile de jouy in another color

 

different colors of toile de Jouy from Les Olivades

flowered fabric for a bed cover

 

love this exotic toile from Les olivades

 

Les olivades is tradition , provence but is also modernity and new provencal...

All there fabrics are available in our show room in Aubagne , Provence so don't hesitate to contact us

Follow our post about Les olivades : next post : the other side of the historic provencal factory

Photo credit : les olivades website

 

Greeen and purple ...

Purple is one of my favorite colors , to dress and to decorate ..

Green is not at all my favorite one , but it mixes perfectly with purple ...so

 

green and purple curtains in my favorite bedroom in the show room

 

purple sheet

purple bed