The French Country Table: Pottery & Faience of Provence

About this book

Symbols of the warmth of home life and the time-honored artisan tradition lart de la table or "table art " comes from two sister crafts: pottery and faience. One rustic and earthen the other the very picture of refinement both have played a fundamental role in the expression of French culture from rural life to the high court at Versailles. This lushly photographed book takes the reader on a sun-soaked journey to the crafts ancestral home of Provence in the South of France to view the fascinating process of creation involved in these cherished crafts. Filled with fascinating historical anecdotes this thoroughly researched book goes inside the centuries-old ateliers of Provence to examine the making of pottery and faience from the cultivating of clay and its shaping at the potters wheel to the kilns painted decoration and more. This lovely book offers not only a close-up look at this world-renowned craft but also a moving portrait of life in Provence.