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18th century Swedish antiques, Antique textiles, Antiques, Astier de Villatte, Belgian antiques, French Antiques, French leather club chairs, Rough Luxe, Store profile, Trove Laguna, Vintage French sconces
French aviary c. 1910-1920
This store just makes my heart beat a little faster…
Located in Laguna beach, California,
it pairs wonderful patina laden, one of a kind antiques
with quirky, “where did you get that” finds…
Just look at the rolling back of this stripped to the jute…
Louis XIII style canape from 1920′s France…
still stuffed with original horsehair…
One gorgeous arm of a pair of massive French sconces from the 1930′s
Déshabille (“undressed”) French chairs on a worktable in the show room…
Detail of lamb on architectural fragment from a French church
Second quarter of 19th century…
Married store owners Heather and Bobby travel extensively to furnish their
six year old store with Swedish, Belgian and French antiques, and one of a kind
foundry cast tables and stools… softening the rough edges with luxurious
mohair throws, hand-made Astier de Villatte, antique French linens,
19th century portraits, and even bundles of hand made paper…
Astier de Villatte in situ at the store…
Heather told me that the store originated as an antique jewelry, antique clothing,
antique smalls shop and morphed into what it is now, when a larger space became
available a block north of their original shop on the North Coast Highway in beach
heavy Southern California. Their last buying trip was to Belgium, where they
were lucky enough to get a tour of Vervoordt’s castle and Kanaal, which she
called major inspirations. They’ll be heading to Belgium/UK in a few months.
Leather club chairs from France are highlighted by one of Trove’s
incredible hand-loomed mohair throws from Finland
that pick up the vibrant turquoise of the antique Swedish cupboard…
Huge range of colors available here
Close up of the Swedish cupboard,
carved sculpture still emerging from the stone …
In an atmospheric dark corner of the store, a pair of antique Swedish
c. 1750 chairs pull up to one of Trove’s many antique tables…
This c. 1790 French table has a tripod trestle base with beautiful
worn oval top. Top comes off and trestle base folds shut.
Antique Victorian shaving mirror…
See more Trove in my Naturalism post here
or my Simply Sublime post here
Trove’s unique solid bronze horn table or stool,
an antique that they had cast…
All Trove merchandise can be found at their website here
or 1stdibs site here
1233 North Coast Highway
Laguna Beach, CA
