Month: September 2018
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Bonbon “Candy” Boxes for your Sweet Tooth
A French nineteen-century fabric covered candy box. They are not made like this anymore unless they are for bonbons that cost a small fortune, or in cardboard with pretty labels. A blue grey paper…
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Antique Clothing
Watching this video I could imagine where the clothing and textile fragments I have found at the brocantes belonged and where or how they were used such as the pockets, or buckles, aprons, pins, corset vials…
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The Angel Traveled
My Grandmother Frances came to America from the Azores. Her trunk was filled with simple necessities: A linen towel, a few chemises, a hairbrush, a dress in cotton for Spring, and another in wool, probably an apron, certainly a…
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Porch Chair
The porch door was open, inviting the early autumn leaves a place to rest. A few gathered taking solace by the old porch chair, tattered worn and barely standing, but as…
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French Armchair Contest
Before the French Armchair Beauty Contest began, the French Armchairs quickly glanced over their shoulders to see who was who and who was wearing what. As the curtain rose the French Armchairs straighten their backs, tucked in their tummies,…
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Fruit Rouge Mousse (Three Berry Mousse)
Claire who spent a few nights with us made Fruit Rouge Mousse for dessert last night. It was well worth the six bowls used to make it. Happy guests indeed considering I am not a…