Vintage French Candelabras/Provence Inspired via BODIE and FOU

I fell in love with these candelabras (above left) the minute I spotted them.  To me their rustic charm embodies everything great about french style… raw and yet warm and welcoming.  I’ve been trying to find out more about the origin of these little gems that I picked up for my shop all week.  The style of the ironwork on the one on the left with its molded collars and tapered scrolls terminating in a snub ends suggests 17th century, but then that would be all together too lucky.  Anyway I think they would look amazing on an exterior wall for a garden party.  So with that theme in mind I’m sharing some rustic exteriors.  The chairs in the picture on the right above were originally designed by Xavier Pauchard in 1934 for Tolix, a French company and until the 1970′s were actually given to bars and brasseries by breweries in exchange for purchasing their beer.

source: myblackbook.free.fr

Sandy Koepke via desiretoinspire.net

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