Product Description

This volume presents a photographic record of the last traces of French rural life, which despite its enviable simplicity, is soon to be lost for ever. In France the traditional mode de vie has almost disappeared, but there are places, far from the big cities and the tourist trails, where it can still be found. The author has travelled to several isolated regions of France to seek out the interiors of country working life and describes them, and the people who live in them and presents them in a series of photographs of kitchens and stove corners, living rooms and bedrooms, souvenirs and family mementoes. The book includes a guide providing information about sources for the objects and furniture that evoke French country style, and on the regional museums that commemorate it.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1049794 in Books
• Published on: 1999-10-14
• Released on: 1999-10-14
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1 pages

From Library Journal
Boyer (The French Cafe, Thames & Hudson, 1994) visits homes from Brittany to Provence to show examples of authentic country living from which the popular stylized country decorating takes its inspiration. She has captured a lifestyle that is soon to disappear, as France moves away from its agrarian base. Through photographs and text, she gives a detailed, intimate look at the lifestyle of the inhabitants of a few rural homes and shows how the home is decorated, highlighting an item such as a cherished mantel cloth or cooking utensils. She concludes with a list of museums that display regional items as well as a list of sources for purchasing such items. Recommended where there is an interest in country life and the country style.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Ingram
Marie-France Boyer has traveled widely to seek out interiors of genuine French country working life. She presents them, and the people who live in them, in a series of wonderful photographs of kitchens and stove corners, living rooms and bedrooms, odd souvenirs and family mementos. A fascinating record of old rural French ways of living, the book also provides information on places to buy the traditional furniture and objects. 175 illustrations, 165 in color.