Wonderful kitchen collectibles photographed in March at Blandine Bavoux's Jolie Trouvaille stand at Chatou.
Cafe au lait bowls galore.
Vintage canisters, pots and pans and other kitchen delights.
Decorative canisters to hold kitchen staples.
Blandine Bavoux (right) and two of her American clients.
The ever-popular 77th Foire Nationale aux Antiquites a la Brocante et aux Jambons begins Friday, Sept. 26 at Ile de Chatou. The brocante continues daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. through October 5th. Visit Blandine Bavoux's stand offering kitchen collectibles at 10 rue de la Gaite.
From Paris, take the RER train to Chatou Roissy and follow the signs to l'Ile de Chatou. Tickets are available at the gate. But don't plan on getting back to Paris via taxi. Rarely will a driver take you to Paris, unless he is paid to wait while you shop. And you don't want to rush through aisle after aisle of Chatou's diverse treasures! The train is the best option, unless you bring your own car.
Oh boy, French vintage enamelware cannisters just totally float my boat! Lucky me I scored a white set with green accents in Cliqancourt when we went to Paris - I hugged those things in my carry-on luggage all the way home, no trusting them to the check-in voyage :) Your photos are fabulous (all of them, not just the kitchen goods).
Posted by: Sue McG | 27 September 2008 at 18:27
Oh Tara ! Que belle collecion ! Que tu gagnes j'ai d'aller à Paris.
Posted by: Yoi | 23 September 2008 at 20:32
So glad to have found your blog! and your wonderful posts! full of art! full of culture!! and specially full of Paris!!! May I borrow your photos from the "très pitoresque magasin"?
Merci / Thanks
Margarita
Posted by: Margarita | 23 September 2008 at 13:56
I just died and went to heaven. I have had a few of those pieces trickle in to my store. But oh to have that whole wonderful collection.... Sigh.
Lisa & Alfie
Posted by: Lisa Wilson | 22 September 2008 at 17:36
If I had made this brocante, I would have had to buy another suitcase to bring it all home in! I love the au lait bowls. Sigh.
Posted by: Rosa | 21 September 2008 at 20:31
(sigh)
i want to come and go shopping with you:)
and have a glass of wine and chatter :)
love you!!
Posted by: maddie | 21 September 2008 at 19:21
That is wonderful. I've been trying to learn more about the French enamelware coffee pots and voila-you posted about Blandine's shop. Thanks!
Posted by: martina | 21 September 2008 at 18:31
Tara,
This just reminds me that I missed it be ONE DAY last year. It also means it was a year since I have been to Paris!!!!!
Sniff, sniff :(
Posted by: My Mélange | 21 September 2008 at 16:37
my stomach hurts looking at all the beauty i won't be able to see and touch. those tin kettles. those egg cups. sigh.
i can't wait to see your photos from this year. xo
Posted by: kristen | 21 September 2008 at 14:26