Experience PARISIENNE » gifts http://experienceparisienne.com Living and loving in the moment Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:43:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 John Derian: Découpage Even Marie Antoinette Would Love http://experienceparisienne.com/blog/john-derian-decoupage-even-marie-antoinette-would-love/ http://experienceparisienne.com/blog/john-derian-decoupage-even-marie-antoinette-would-love/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:37:41 +0000 Joanna Goddard http://experienceparisienne.com/?p=495 12-john-derian-exteriorJohn Derian, one of my favorite home stores, stands on a quiet block in the East Village, but it feels plucked right out of Paris. Derian travels to France at least twice a year, and, whenever I’m in his store, I get giddy discovering all the whimsical treasures he has found. Take a look…

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12-john-derian-paperweights-parisDerian is famous for his découpage plates and paperweights. (Découpage is art made by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with layers of varnish or lacquer.) The technique was hugely popular in France in the 17th and 18th centuries; Marie Antoinette herself was a big fan.

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12-john-derian-candles-franceNext I spotted shelves of French candles and swooned over scents of cedar-panelled libraries and lavender fields after a storm.

12-vegetablesPlus, French vegetables…

12-john-derian-sailors-capssailor’s caps…

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12-john-derian-puppyand so many other fabulous finds…

12-john-derian-portraitI could have moved right in.

(Photos by Joanna Goddard)

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