Category: Brocante
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Noblemen’s Clothing
“The luxurious outfit that men from the 18th-century nobility would wear, the habit à la française, is composed of a coat, waistcoat, and breeches. It also included a pair of silk stockings, a jabot, a linen or cotton shirt with…
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First Time Ever
I went to a flea market today, which isn’t unusual for me … But the prices were absolutely ridiculous. I wouldn’t pay those prices at a brocante, let alone at a flea market where one expects to pay less. Nevertheless,…
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Videos from my Instagram
Brocanting in Autumn is the best; it is not hot and certainly not cold, and there are fewer tourists to compete with. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Corey Amaro (@coreyamaro) Lucky finds at the brocante. Sharing…
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Thank you for your gift
Blogging is a gift of friendship, there within is a pearl, the one I trusted was inside the shell, round, smooth, and perfect — beautiful. The blogging community is as such; I trust it is there like a pearl within…
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Jam Jars
An old wine bottle drying rack holds old jam jars. Years ago, William Sonoma collected some of these typical French jam jars and had them reproduced into drinking glasses. When I first came to France and saw these at the…
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What would you do if a rat fell on you?
Up in an attic, secrets are told tucked away in trunks, stuffed in baskets, buried under stuff shoved in corners, dusty books with letters between the pages, and things left aside without thought by someone who never returned. I enjoy going…
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