Sunday in the Park with the Luxembourg Chair

 

Alison of Glasgow asked, 

“Could you please do more maps with Luxembourg garden chairs besides Paris Parcs map? Tried to take one home last visit but they are too heavy for the plane”. I could have told her to take the Eurostar instead but thought better of it.

Next day as I went to buy more letter paper..voila. The Fermob shop was next door and Alison’s chair was in the window. My life is one karmic destiny after another.

 I went inside. They could not have been nicer. Stores the world over are selling Luxembourg garden chairs fortunately. 

Unfortunately they cost a pretty penny. But you’ll find mini versions in most Paris museum gift shops. Originally created by the Ateliers de la Ville in 1923. In 2000 the bidding was opened to update the chair. Fermob won and worked with designer Frederic Sophia to create a more ergonomic garden chair. The aluminum chair now comes in 24 colors and anyone can own it. So its no longer an exclusive with Paris parcs. 

This year Fermob added the divine color pale vert opaline, a seafoamy green to their repertoire.

Just next door is a tiny Japanese tea shop. The walls are ‘vert opaline’. 

Their celadon ware would go well with the Luxembourg chair

A florist down the street had perfectly matching pale green thistles. 

This is the week of vert opaline. Pierre Hermé, master pâtissier has olive oil/vanille macaron to go with your chair Alison. 

Galeries Lafayette Gourmand had windows of Apéro accessories and pinky Rosé, plus one pale green bag as a color compliment.

The new  commemorative Napoléon stamp just out, is loaded with a variety of muted pale greens. 

Since quite a few now own the Napoléon letter, if you want to mention his name over here, please remember there is an accented É. I’ve been an idiot asking for Na-POL-lee-on books and getting strange looks. Thanks to chocolatier Vlady, it should be: Nap-po-LAY-on or Nap-POL-Lay-on or... Easier to refer to him as ‘Bone-a-par. 

Thanks to Glaswegian Alison I painted a bunch of the chairs. Not a piece of cake 🍰 An interesting challenge none the less. 

Do you dream of visiting jardin du Luxembourg again soon?🐝 💋 🐻 ☺️