French autumn color designs:
1900s hand painted tile floors
Provencal.
New tiles with an old feel can be found here:
http://www.carocim.com/index-en.htm
http://www.poterie-ravel.com/en/
French Indienne Textile
1700s hand blocked and tinted.
If you would like to see more and I mean a ton more google does not disappoint:
The following is from Souleiado
Photo via Souleiado
When these colorful cotton textiles arrived from India in the harbor of Marseille the merchants were stunned and surprised by their incredible dyeing: The colors never faded it seemed each washing made the colors brighter.
photo and text via Souleiado
"The desire for these fabrics increased after the creation by Colbert of the East India Company in 1664. The rich bourgeois snatched these fabrics from each others hands, and Madame de Sévigné launched the fashion in the court of Louis XIV."
Photo and text via Souleiado
"Colbert suppressed the taxes in the harbor of Marseille which gave easier access to import. The Indienneurs, supported by Armenian traders and technicians with proven expertise, opened workshops indiennages in Arles, Avignon and Nîmes. These workshops skills sharp and recognized export to Italy and Spain, and their production is spreading rapidly throughout France by the fair of Beaucaire."
Photo and text via Souleiado
"These fabrics created excitement amongst the nobility, enthusiastic and fascinated by the colors. However, Colbert's death in 1683, and the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, undermined the prosperity of the market. In 1686 Louvois prohibit this emerging industry thinking preserve large French textile industries of linen, silk and wool. It not only prohibit the manufacture and marketing, but also the port of Indian across the kingdom of France."
Photo and text via Souleiado
"Marseille tried to resist against that law, but in 1689 all the printing blocks in Marseille were officially broken on a public square. Many indiennes makers then moved to Avignon. It was a papal city where the prohibition wasn’t applied, others flee to Switzerland and Germany."
To read more continue here:
http://provence.souleiado.com/un-peu-histoire/
On a recent French Muse Excursion our friend Nelly made us homemade apple tarte for dessert.
When I asked her how she made it she waved her hand and said, "Good question, apples, cinnamon, a little sugar, I forgot butter and crust. It turned out what can I say."
An artist though and through.
Autumn antiques, why not call them that? Antiques about grape harvest and making wine.
Beautiful old pieces.
Received sunshine held for tomorrow.
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