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News and views from a British antique textile dealer who has always sourced the best linens and fabrics from La France Profonde. Now branching out into Vintage Armchairs for Seniors needing comfort and support. Contact: dbaer@onetel.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------

Thursday, 26 December 2013

CHRISTMAS GOOD WISHES

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Thank you for all the interest, the purchases and the reader comments - always welcome:

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Thursday, 19 December 2013

Curtains Up!

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25 years ago we moved from Essex to a rambling old house near Bath. House prices were very high then, and when I realised that I had 40+ w...

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Sunday, 15 December 2013

REMNANTS AND REMAINDERS

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These totes have been made by me with off-cuts from chair covers, curtains and patchwork bedspreads , all early 19c. bedding fabrics, mostly...

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Thursday, 12 December 2013

FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS

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S tool cover by Peta Smyth. Antique Toile by Christopher Moore There are two problems with decora...

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Thursday, 5 December 2013

LE CHABROL

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When I was buying a lot of French brocante, or bric-a-brac, mostly from wayside dealers in Normandy, I found a lot of large dinner servic...

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Sunday, 1 December 2013

PEOPLE IN PATCHWORK

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These portraits are made by fine stitching and vintage fabrics I went to a most interesting selling exhibition at the Hepworth Galler...

Thursday, 28 November 2013

Re-using a pretty piece

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This is a typical flowery chintzy bedroom of the last century. The curtains are old hemp sheets, lined an...

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

STOOLS, BEFORE AND AFTER

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I have sold several of these French stools which are very useful when placed in front of the fireplace - for...

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elizabeth baer: Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom; News and views from a British antique textile dealer who sources the best linens and fabrics from La France Profonde. Contact: dbaer@onetel.com

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