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Bring France to your favorite Francophile. We’ve filled a panier du marché with five iconic and useful gifts with French DNA: a puzzle of a vintage Paris map; a notebook, said to be the one used by Julia Child to notate her recipes, from heritage brand Clairefontaine; a traditional net market bag; cocktail napkins with maps featuring Parisian monuments; and a guide to the old-fashioned corners of Paris.
French Market Basket
This is the authentic panier du marché, the traditional straw market basket used for centuries throughout France. With a spacious interior and durable construction, these handcrafted baskets embody the chic and practical French lifestyle.
Dimensions: 20" long x 13" tall x 7" wide bottom. Expands to about 15" wide. Has two leather straps on each side so you can use the shorter ones to hand-carry or the longer ones to sling over your shoulder.
Vintage Map of Paris: 1,000-Piece Puzzle
The perfect gift for a flâneur: a virtual stroll around the City of Light. Assembling this bird’s-eye view map of Paris is an enjoyable way to (re)familiarize yourself with the twenty arrondissements and their gardens, boulevards, attractions, monuments, and more. Each major building and site are identified in a key on the lower part of the puzzle.
The puzzle is presented in plastic-free packaging—a sweet muslin drawstring bag inside a sturdy, illustrated cardboard tube. A small poster guide is included.
Original 1951
The Original 1951 is a reissue of the original notebook made in that year by its renowned French manufacturer. Legend has it that this is the model used by Julia Child to record her recipes when she was a student at Le Cordon Bleu. (The notebook made a cameo appearance in Julie & Julia, Nora Ephron’s 2009 movie.)
The A5 pages are smooth, white, French-milled, 90g ruled paper; softbound with a cloth spine.
Views of Paris Cocktail Napkins
The five views of Paris on these 2-ply cocktail napkins are based on a map of 1867 that portrays the Paris created by Napoleon III and Baron Haussmann. They include: the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile and environs; The Luxembourg Gardens, Hôtel des Invalides, École Militaire, and environs; The Place de la Concorde, Tuileries Palace, Louvre, and environs; The Madeleine, Opéra, and environs; The Île de la Cité Notre-Dame, and environs. 24 napkins in the pack.
Old-Fashioned Corners of Paris
“Taking to roads less traveled during my visit,I explored the byways of a Paris I’d previously neglected…”
So author Christophe Destournelles begins his search to uncover places and things that are quickly vanishing from the city—the irreplaceable and enchanting discoveries that should be glimpsed and experienced before it’s too late.
Follow in his footsteps or via the guide’s photographs to see the city’s only remaining illuminated subway map, outdoor artesian water fountain, photo booth, vespasienne, and more. Charbons and jazz caves have all but disappeared from the city, as have specialty shops selling stockings, buttons, and old-fashioned sweets. The small but significant details in these pages enrich any reader’s experience of Paris and promise a pilgrimage filled with romance and history.
Classic French Market Bag
Whether you’re at the Marché Raspail or Rue de Buci, you’ll see a net bag on the arm of almost every shopper. Chic as Chanel, it’s eminently practical: it takes up hardly any space in a purse or tote, is machine washable, durable, and made of 100% cotton.
The bag is manufactured by a textile company based in Normandy that since 1860 has been a manufacturer of nets and cords and hammocks (and candle wicks!).
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