simply-chateau brocante

Welcome to the chateau.

I cannot begin to think how many years I have spent trawling through the antiques markets of Paris and throughout France truffling out vintage French textiles and shabby chic , time-worn treasures, but my love of doing so quickly became an addiction - but an addiction which I have been happy to indulge in!

With the renovation of our 'petit chateau' here in Normandy progressing well and, more importantly, now having a sound roof over what shall be my studio office, I felt that it was time to tackle those boxes and trunks in the barns and in armoires where I have been hoarding my vintage treasures for so long - treasures found (often very early in the morning) at attic clearances and street markets. I had stashed them away for a 'rainy day' which never seemed to arrive.

There is something for everyone; a morceau of silk ribbon to a little 19th century handwritten love note that I simply could not bear to leave behind; old sewing accesories to jewellery for re-working. A host of scrumptious, charming little trinkets and unique sentimental pieces that have been stored away for years.

I would, if I could, lay them all out on the lawns for you to lazily truffle through but since Normandy is quite a way to travel and the chateau is very well hidden here on the marsh, what better way than for me to hold my own brocante?

I shall be listing them all, at fixed prices and NOT in an auction, on this blog site, with p&p included in the price. Please just email me if you have any questions; simplychateau@wanadoo.fr .

The chateau gates will open for the very first simply-chateau online brocante on...............

WEDNESDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER

The brocante will go live at 9pm French time this evening. ( see www.simply-chateau.blogspot for a time convertor for your area)

Simply click on any photograph for a closer look!

Sunday, 22 April 2012

pictures for joechuo

Monday, 19 March 2012

Pictures for Delphine

FOLDER 1. 12" x 8.5" when closed. strong card outer and 7 double sided pages inside and 1 single sided. All wonderful script and a strong heading. Legal stamps too. Looks like a land transfer transaction dated 1895.

FOLDER 2 as above. dated 1894. same size. 4 x double sided pages. 1 x single side. Strong headers and legal stamps.

Thursday, 1 March 2012

monogram pictures

This is sheet one. b0th sides

Sheet 2 both sides

sheet 3 both sides

sheet 4 both sides

sheet 5 both sides

Thursday, 16 February 2012

photos for polishflower

Thursday, 1 September 2011

Where did they all come from?!!!!

I have started to sort out all my morceaux of 19th century textiles ready for the brocante..............

I didn`t realise how many scrumptious little swatches I had squirrelled away! Well...........perhaps I did but I wasn`t going to confess to it!! Does the Betty Ford Clinic deal with textile addiction?

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