14 Wednesday Jul 2010
Posted in Joie de Vivre
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Bouiliabaise and Clafouti on the menu tonight…
Sure wish I had this dress…the shoes…
perhaps the puppy….
Marie-Paule Pelle …from earlier post here
Happy La Fête Nationale to the French and French minded…
and anyone that wants an excuse to celebrate…
Bon Appetit! (why do I always hear that in
Julia Child’s lilting voice?)
05 Friday Jun 2009
Posted in 18th century, 19th century, Antique prints, Antique shoes, France, French Interiors
A woman’s sack- back gown, yellow and white silk…
English c.1760
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Fashion in Detail
Mustard yellow satin c. 1740
Shoes and Slippers by MacKenzie
18th century silk court shoes with buckle
Fulgence collection, Paris
Silk by Anquetil
Brussels home
Fabrics by Lebeau
small enough for a sunshine nap
on two french chairs….
antique french prints…
Early 18th century color wheel
Paris yellow promenade gown c. 1868
Sunshine yellow salon of french interior designer
and journalist Marie-Paul Pelle…
Directoire teacups made for Pelle’s mother
in the 40’s by Le Vase Etrusque.
Paris Interiors by Lovatt-Smith
Antique French fashion plate
“Galerie des Modes”, 1778-1787
Unwrapped by Carolyn Quartermaine
Lemon box…one of my early finds…
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