A lovely vignette at Agape, Paris. The 28-drawer hanging chest is coming home with me, possibly destined for Savannah to hold Jordana's sewing supplies. Doesn't the man in the painting look rather like a 19th-century explorer?
Wish I had room in our apartment for this mercantile chest with its original handles!
Stacked crates filled with pumpkins at a local supermarket.
A variety of pumpkins and colorful squash at the supermarket.
An art deco sculptural bas relief on a building in our neighbourhood.
Rose-tinted lights outside a new restaurant on rue de Rivoli. On Friday, I went to the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, where I couldn't resist the book Bedouin and Nomads, Peoples of the Arabian Deserts featuring the excellent work of French photographer Etienne Dahau. Whenever I buy a book like this, I try to justify the expense by telling myself it's research for my book-in-progress (which is based in the Middle East).
I also bought French stylist Michele Lalande's new book Secrets d'interieurs, which will be released December 1 in the UK and the US under the title The New French Decor: Living with Timeless Objects. This book follows closely on the heels of Lalande's and photographer Gilles Trillard's great success with their collaboration on The New Eighteenth-Century Style. If you're interested in French decor and style, I highly recommend both books.
Those chests are fabulous. Julie has such wonderful taste.
So you are clearing the cave to make room for the wine and buying another piece of furniture - that's my kind of logic.
Posted by: Di Overton | 29 October 2007 at 21:12
Those chests are fabulous. Julie has such wonderful taste.
So you are clearing the cave to make room for the wine and buying another piece of furniture - that's my kind of logic.
Posted by: Di Overton | 29 October 2007 at 21:12
Love all the pictures !!! Particularly the ones in Agapé.
Posted by: le petit cabinet de curiosites | 29 October 2007 at 15:04
oh duh i didn't realize they're two sets of drawers. I like the minis. Great idea for you daughter to use the others @SCAD.
Posted by: GeL | 29 October 2007 at 07:52
Hi,
I was immediately drawn to the those chest of drawers after feeling memories about those particular dried flowers. I love boxes and small containers. I can only imagine what you may or not may put in those drawers. That's a huge part of the allure. Glad you found something you like.
The art deco piece is intriguing in its simplicity.
Posted by: GeL | 29 October 2007 at 07:50
There you go again, killing me! I love the hanging chest of drawers -- lucky Joradana. The portrait, too -- he looks like a poet... Lamartine??
Posted by: Colette | 29 October 2007 at 02:47
I so love small chests of drawers like the one in the first photo. I have a growing collection of things I've picked up on walks, and it's starting to outgrow the chest I've stored it in. I need to start adding chests, not move the collection. It's so much more fun if there are several.
Lovely photos, as always.
Posted by: dargie | 28 October 2007 at 20:58
I'm glad you treated yourself to some books -- I never worry about justifying it as books are truly food for the mind & soul. Exquisite rose coloured lamps! xx, JP/deb
Posted by: JanePoe (aka Deborah) | 28 October 2007 at 19:24
Adore the 28 draw chest. Can see why you want it. I have been lusting after the same book but avoided buying it as I am fearful that it will inspire the wanderlust in me, translate that to-sell house, pack up children and live in a tent in Morocco.
Posted by: rach | 28 October 2007 at 14:58
When Gillian and I come t oParis...we simply must see all the divine things you show us on your blog! tee hee Meanwhile ,I'll just sit here and drool on the keyboard! ha!
Posted by: Pam Aries | 28 October 2007 at 14:54
the antique scenery of your picture looks inviting, beautiful silverware and cristals. Jordana will be happy in receiving your present, just perfect for her supplies. i would move into a larger space tara and get that chest anyway!!
ah nomads and bedouins, we share an interest here. colorfull tribes with fascinating history, starting to vanish in the sands of time...never to return again.
Posted by: marita | 28 October 2007 at 09:40
Glad of the book recommendations. I went to design school and have a great love of design, and French design is where it all started, since my French grandmother was the one with the great design sense in the family - eternally elegant and classic. Much of my love for design began with her 1960s renovation of the Languedoc chateau they lived in. She was an inspiration that lives on, for me.
Posted by: maia | 27 October 2007 at 23:42
Ohh, I love those wonderful lamps. Maybe you could take one of those home with you Tara. I think it would have to be under the dark of night though ;) I will have to check out those books you mention too!
Posted by: My Melange | 27 October 2007 at 23:36
those rosy-tinted lights
are calling my name!
seriously!
:-)
the musee des art decoratifs
is one of my favorite places in the world.
i love looking at the jewelry display...yummy...
like your photographs!
Posted by: somepinkflowers | 27 October 2007 at 23:18
Tara
You find the best treasures there. I love your choice! I never thought of antiques until I met you online, and now I plan a trip to our local antique market. Look out wallet!
If I could tuck you into my pocket to take with me for a resource I would. Okay, you don't have to ride in my pocket! Join me for a day out, and we'll photograph and eat lunch while we are at it! I have to get to Paris. It is on my fridge now, in big, bold letters...Gillian is going to France! (Vision board.)
I can't wait until your book comes out. I am already in line to buy one. Put my name down!
xo
Gillian
Posted by: Gilllian | 27 October 2007 at 21:53
Oh Tara - now I am going to order that book -
and I love those raspberry lamps -
I love how you "see" with your camera:)
great perspective:)
Posted by: maddie | 27 October 2007 at 21:07
As always, the photographs speak volumes. The furniture is gorgeous and I so love those pink lamps!
Posted by: cherie | 27 October 2007 at 20:25
Just dropping by. You are most prolific blogger that i know. I joined bloglines in the hopes I could be more effective with my reading/commenting and you just overwelm me by the shear quantity (and of course quality!)! Smile ...
Hope all is well and ((hug)) just because,
Posted by: lacithecat | 27 October 2007 at 19:52
Happy Saturday Tara, love the pumkins in crates and the pink lights are special. Lucky you :)
Posted by: robyn | 27 October 2007 at 17:28
Love the bas relief sculpture!
Posted by: fleur | 27 October 2007 at 15:58
And yes!! Mr. Mystery does look like an earnest explorer. Wonder if he discovered anything?
Posted by: rochambeau | 27 October 2007 at 15:49
Hi Tara,
Thanks for taking us along to the Agape! Agape means love, and I love both sets of drawers. Especially I like the numbers stenciled on. If it were mine, I'd leave them on wouldn't you? It makes me wonder about the lives of these chests. Do you imagine they lived and worked together in the same store? The paint in the photo looks exact, and I wonder about even if they were born of the same tree!!
Posted by: rochambeau | 27 October 2007 at 15:48
What a marvellous shop - I love the drawers!
Posted by: Sarah in Marrakech (soon to be in Paris!) | 27 October 2007 at 15:29