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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
Trish, what a treat! This makes a Swedish heart beat extra fast! I have similar Swedish baroque chairs like the ones featured and you almost need nothing else in a room. They are so decorative. All images are fabulous! OX, Monika.
Trish,
Also my heart beats faster by seeing all those beautiful things of that store!
Greet
Gorgeous ! You always share the best ! i love to stop by your blog, in the morning, it inspires my day
Gorgeous images- I had added a few of them to my 1st dibs portfolio! I needed to go visit them- the shop with its splashes of bleu.
A tour of the Vervoordt castle would be pushing me right to the edge-what a treat to ponder for my 50th birthday-I wonder if I should call ahead? I am also enamoured with the Astier de Vilatte things. Are the floors painted to a tiled effect? Gaye
my god you always have such nice pictures, you make us all dream i think
love the french and swedish chairs, and love also the astier de villette🙂
thanks
David
I am going through your posts backwards…Trying to catch up…These are some fabulous pieces and pictures. I love Astier and their website is awsome…
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