offthehookart: French Furniture

French nuclear giants Areva and EDF will merge their reactor businesses in a joint venture controlled by EDF - a wide-ranging reshuffle of the country's state-owned atomic energy industry. Bassett Furniture Industries brought more than 200 retailers to Furniture designers can do some of their most innovative work A rather large yellow chicken by French brand Guillaumit doubles as a writing desk. And a playful black-and-white bird with movable limbs turns out to be, in fact, a coat rack. The style currently is French Country. My style is Modern Rustic/Mid Century. Went furniture shopping yesterday and was uninspired by what I found. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! We close on Monday, so I can provide inside pics then. During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor in the 17th century, French Jesuit missionaries such as Joachim Bouvet thrived as tutors and diplomats in the Chinese court. At a time when chinoiserie, Chinese-inspired objects of art, was becoming fashionable among They come here because they want to make thing easier for themselves," said Sara-Jane Ho, the perfectly groomed school founder, as she sat in a drawing room furnished with imported French antique furniture. "It's mostly learning about how to behave in an FLOWOOD, Miss. – A multi-estate auction featuring 521 lots of fine French period furniture, original artwork, sterling silver, antique clocks, decorative accessories and more will be held on Monday, May 25th (Memorial Day), by Edens Auctions, in the firm .

“Come to the party for Gautier, a French line of furniture,” we were urged over the phone. We immediately assumed the line was designed by Jean Paul Gaultier. Visions of sailor jersey-striped couches and headboards of torpedo bras sprang to mind. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Mar 6, 2013) - It''s elegant, romantic and classical, and is in stark contrast to the contemporary feel that homeowners have been aspiring to for the last decade or more. It would appear that our tastes are changing American men often love fine French Furniture. Thomas Jefferson may have been the first American collector. He liked French wine, philosophy, furniture and architecture. When Jefferson left his diplomatic post in Paris and returned to the United States in Here, the homes are palatial and need to be filled with equally grand pieces of furniture. And guess what? Those extravagant styles of French Furniture from the 18th and 19th centuries, either genuine or reproduction, are selling again. It wasn't that long .