Beautiful Treasures of the Paris Flea Market

December 2, 2015

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I love Paris flea markets and antique stores. Rickety old tables piled high with beautiful 18th century porcelain plates and tea sets, blue and white chinoiserie and Dutch Delftware vases, elaborate chipped gold-leaf picture frames, slightly rotting wooden boxes, oversized baroque mirrors, and Hollywood Glamour-esque furniture waiting for DIY revival treatments, they get me all excited with endorphin-filled dreams of decorating and redecorating the apartment. Okay maybe that’s a bit overboard, but surely I am not alone?!

We will eventually get to a comprehensive rundown of the Paris flea markets here, from the puce to the brocante to the vide grenier. But until then, I thought I might occasionally share these images (aka Pinterest inspiration) of the beautiful treasures I find on my strolls. Also sharing puce pics might divert me from buying another stack of plates that I have nowhere to store!

More to come but enjoy this for now! 

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Images by Ajiri Aki

 

 

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Ajiri grew up in Austin, Texas and lived in New York City for 10 years. She worked in the fashion and museum worlds as an editor, stylist, research intern and associate curator at several fashion magazines, The Costume Institute of The Met, and the Museum of the City of New York. Recently she co-authored her first book, Where's Karl?, about the whereabouts of Karl Lagerfeld that became a NY Times best seller.

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