DOUBLE VISION: French Leather Club Chairs

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Elle Decor
Patrick Printy, Interior Designer
Laura Resen, Photographer

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Pair of French Leather Tufted Wing Chairs

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Lolo & Mimi

LIEN BIEN: Links We Liked This Week

Every Friday we share a few LIEN BIEN (good links) we've recently discovered around the web that we think you may want to read or watch over the weekend. From stories to recipes to our favorite movies and songs, we try to include a little bit of everything. Hope you'll enjoy and please share with us what you're reading or watching in the comments. We'd love to know!

The living room of Jacques Grange's Paris apartment – once home to the novelist Colette

1. Take a look at how 27 designers and architects live (via ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST)

2. French gardens that Contrary Mary would love (via Veranda)

3. Puppy Love (via BuzzFeed)

4.  Sleep like a king (via Harpers Bazaar) 

Game Day Bloody Mary
Peter Frank Edwards, Photographer

5. Tailgate Toddies (via Garden&Gun)

6. Pick a parquet (via Remodelista)

7. Curated subscription box for your home (via JWS Interiors)

8. Home buyer checklist (via apartment therapy) 

9. Monogram Etiquette (via Vogue)

American soldiers watch as the the bleu-blanc-rouge flag flies from the Eiffel Tower again
August, 1944
Image: National Archives

10. Liberation of Paris (via brain pickings)

À Bientôt!

Lolo & Mimi

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Original Post from: Lolo's French Bloguette http://lolosfrenchbloguette.blogspot.com/
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Every Friday we share a few LIEN BIEN (good links) we've recently discovered around the web that we think you may want to read or watch over the weekend. From stories to recipes to our favorite movies and songs, we try to include a little bit of everything. Hope you'll enjoy and please share with us what you're reading or watching in the comments. We'd love to know!

Original Post from: Lolo's French Bloguette http://lolosfrenchbloguette.blogspot.com/
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WEDNESDAY'S WORD OF THE WEEK: ACANTHUS

ACANTHUS

a·can·thus [uh-kan-thuh s]

noun [uh-kan-thuh s]

   

1.  Plants. any shrub or herbaceous plant of the genus Acanthus, native to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated as ornamental plants, having large spiny leaves and spikes of white or purplish flowers.  

2.  Architecture. a design patterned after the leaves of one of these plants, used especially on the capitals of Corinthian columns.

Origin:

1610–20; New Latin, Latin < Greek ákanthos bear's-foot

The origin of the Corinthian Order, illustrated in Claude Perrault's Vitruvius 1684

Of all the decorative designs inspired by nature, the acanthus leaf is the most iconic. With some resemblance to thistle, poppy and parsley leaves, it is one of the most widely used and popular motifs in architecture, furniture, interior design, and textiles. It can be found on everything from Corinthian capitals to manuscripts.

Acanthus Leaf
Illustrations by Nan Richards for Lolo French Antiques et More

The motif was particularly popular in the court appointments and furnishings of King Louis XVI, however stylized carvings are found in all King Louis styles. The conception and treatment of the margin and shape of the leaf, is the principal characteristic of the different period styles.

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Pair of Dagobert chairs with acanthus ornamentaion

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Louis XV style chandelier with crystal fruit and acanthus motif

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Louis XIV style buffet d'appui with acanthus ornamentation

What style is your favorite?

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Lolo & Mimi

DOUBLE VISION: Louis Philippe Mirror

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Amy Morris Interiors
Amy Morris, Interior Designer
Emily Followill, Photographer

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Grand French Louis Philippe Period Giltwood Mirror with Cartouche

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Lolo & Mimi

LIEN BIEN: Links We Liked This Week

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Warehouse-turned-workspace on the set of Nancy Meyers' comedy The Intern
Francois Duhamel, Photographer

1.  Designing Director (via Traditional Home)

2. Parisian fête to welcome bebe (via Style Me Pretty)

3. Debut novel filled with social satire (via The New York Times)

4. Whitewashed  (via REFINERY29)

The fruits of summer
Johnny Autry, Photographer

5. Pomme d'amour, the apple of love (via Garden&Gun)

6. Pickin paints and  furniture – there's an app for that (via Elle Decor) 

7.  Celebrating 7 decades of  the Series 7 chairs (via design milk)

8. Art of the game (via Architectural Digest)

9. Is Instagram killing originality? (via domain)

10. Dapper Designer (via quientessence)

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Lolo & Mimi

DOUBLE VISION: Arthur Smith Boxing Painting

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Traditional Home
Michael Abrams, Interior Designer
Werner Straube, Photographer

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"The Count" Boxing Painting by WPA Artist Arthur Smith

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Lolo & Mimi

LIEN BIEN: Links We Liked This Week

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Peter Copping's vacation home in Normandy, France
Richard Powers, Photographer

1. A delightful French chateau (via ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST)

2. By the seashore with Coco Chanel (via Veranda)

3. Warby Parkered (via Huffington Post)

4. Summertime Blues (via Vogue)

Iced Lavender and Vanilla Almond Milk Latté
Bess Friday, Photographer

5. A tasty and refreshing iced latté (via APARTMENT34)

6. Tea Time (via Houzz)

7. Dog Days of Summer (via moderndog)

8. Picasso painting returned to France (via theguardian)

9. Languostines are the new foie gras (via bon appétit)

The Rise and Fall of Versailles

10. Watch the rise and fall of one of the world's most opulent palaces  (via hulu)

À Bientôt!

Lolo & Mimi

DOUBLE VISION: Trestle Table

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Birmingham Home & Garden
Jan Ware, Interior Designer
Jean Allsopp, Photographer

  

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Antique Spanish Trestle Table with Iron Stretcher

   
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WEDNESDAY'S WORD OF THE WEEK: PANIER

PANIER

pan·ier [pan-yer, -ee-er]

noun [pan-yer, -ee-er]

   

1.  a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.

2.  one of a pair of baskets to be slung across the back of a pack animal.

Also called pannier.

Origin:

1250–1300; Middle English panier < Middle French < Latin pānārium breadbasket, equivalent to pān (is) bread + -ārium -ary; see -ier  

Marchand de Paniers, Carle Vernet, 1820

The French have fancied paniers (baskets) for centuries, even before the art of basket making was formally recognized as a trade in France during the 15th century. Baskets have been used to gather flowers, fruits and vegetables from the fields, to present or display breads in village boulangeries, to transport live chickens to be sold to or brought home from the village markets, to harvest grapes for champagne making, and to carry the daily marketing home. 

Antique French Winnowing Basket

By the 13th century, the village of Vallabrègues, alongside the Rhône River near the town of Arles, was the largest basket producer in France. Most of the vanniers (basket makers) living there were wandering artisans that settled on the riverbank because the soil was perfect for growing willow used to make baskets. At one point, when baskets were the main source used for the gathering, storing, drying and transporting of fruits, vegetables, breads and produce, 450 out of a population of 1,818 were vanniers. Basket makers from all over France gather every August in Vallabrègues to celebrate La Fête de la Vannerie (Festival of the Basketry).

Guy Barbier, Vannier at Fête de la Vannerie à Vallabrègues
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Fête de la Vannerie à Vallabrègues
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With the emergence of wooden crates and the introduction of cardboard and plastic in the 1950s, however, the basketmaking industry virtually disappeared in France. Today, there are only about 200 vanniers left in France, making antique baskets even more collectible.    

Antique French Gathering Baskets

French baskets come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Originally rustic and created out of necessity, paniers are now functional as well as decorative. They're perfect for storing toys, magazines, blankets, laundry and so much more. Gathering baskets can easily hold firewood or fresh laundry. A French oyster basket looks great filled with towels in a powder room or toys in a playroom. Open sided baguette baskets make wonderful umbrella stands, and French banettons look beautiful when displayed in the kitchen as a centerpiece for dried flowers, fruits or vegetables. Simply line one with an antique French towel and use it to serve a warm baguette.

Antique French Bannetons

Whether large or small, simple or fancy, French baskets always add a touch of warmth and Country French flair to any decor. How do you use or display your favorite panier? Let us know!

À Bientôt!

Lolo & Mimi