"...Paris is a huge treasure trove, and if you follow the instructions we have mapped out for you, you might discover almost anything...Paris still contains many mysterious secrets and magical places, which you'll discover, to your wonderment, as you explore its many secondhand stores, brimming with all sorts of decorative curiosities!the addresses which follow will provide you with a cornucopia of delights both tiny and huge, at a variety of prices, and invariably with charm..." -from the Introduction. Fifty-eight eclectic shops-as well as the Porte de Vanves and Saint-Ouen flea markets-are profiled and photographed in this invaluable guide to shopping for that perfect decorative object. Whether you're searching for garden ornaments, mid-century Scandinavian vases, Grand Tour luggage, monogrammed linen sheets, a train-station clock, Indian textiles, child-sized Thonet furniture, etched glassware, old postcards, or Art Deco lighting, you'll find clues to their whereabouts in these pages.

About the Author

Aedith Pauly is the author of a book for children, Gigi, la grenouille qui voulait voire la mer, and the French correspondent to Interni, a design magazine from Milan, Italy. Sandrine Alouf is a French photographer whose photographs appear in Paris Chic & Trendy and Boutique and Chic Hotels in Paris (both The Little Bookroom). Her installation of photographs of clouds along the platform of the RER Luxemboug station in Paris was called "A ciel ouvert" ("Open to the sky").

Reviews

"Paris is many delightful things, one of which is shopping for antiques and collectibles. For that pursuit, this little guide is indispensable: 58 antique, vintage, and curiosity shops are profiled." --"Booklist "
"Do you want to know where Karl Lagerfeld and Philippe Starck shop? Where to buy Bavarian tea sets? How to find a shop that sells antique doorknobs, and has more than 5,000 to choose from? You'll find the answers to these questions, and tons more inspiration, in "The Best Vintage, Antique and Collectible Shops in Paris," by Edith Pauly, with gorgeous photographs by Sandrine Alouf." --"Irish Times"
"Part of the enduring appeal of antique hunting is its serendipity. You can never be sure what you will find. And in a city such as Paris that is especially so. 'Paris still contains many mysterious secrets and magical places, ' writes author Edith Pauly. Here she describes nearly 60 of them, including shops that specialize in china and housewares, antique kitchen uten