French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Removed from the fashions of the court, French Provincial style developed in the provinces of the country, such as Provence, Normandy, the Loire Valley and Bordeaux. Dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, French Provincial furniture was not as ostentatious as the designs being produced for the royal palaces, but elegant S-shape cabriole legs and ornate carvings elevated the sturdy chairs, sofas, tables and bedroom furniture intended for everyday use.
Although it varies by region, antique French Provincial furniture is unified by solid construction and an artisanal attention to design. While this furniture often followed the metropolitan trends — including the Rococo or neoclassical aesthetics of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI — since it was produced in the French countryside it was more subdued with nods to its rustic settings.
Local materials like fruitwoods, oak, beech and walnut were used to construct large French Provincial armoires for storage and comfortable armchairs with rush-woven seats. Wrought-iron elements and carvings like floral details and scallop patterns were common as ornamentation. Furniture was frequently painted white or other muted colors that coordinated with gilt and would acquire a patina of age over time. Other wood was just stained with vibrant fabric such as toile de Jouy, which sometimes depicted pastoral scenes, adding color as upholstery.
The style arrived in the United States after World War I, with soldiers returning home wanting furniture like what they had seen in the rural homes and castles of France. In Grand Rapids, Michigan, designer John Widdicomb split from his family business, the Widdicomb Furniture Company, and had been focusing on Louis XV– and French Provincial–style furnishings since the early 1900s. Other American manufacturers such as Baker, Drexel, Henredon and Thomasville also responded to demand. Today antique French Provincial pieces and reproductions continue to be popular.
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19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Earthenware
Mid-19th Century Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Terracotta
Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Terracotta
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Earthenware
1970s American Vintage French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Enamel
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Metal
Early 1900s French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Copper, Iron
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Pottery
Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Copper, Wrought Iron
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Pottery
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Terracotta
Early 20th Century European French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Ceramic, Earthenware
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Terracotta
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Ceramic, Stoneware
20th Century Swedish French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Copper
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Faience
1950s French Vintage French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Iron
1890s French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience, Pottery
Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Terracotta
Early 1900s French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Copper
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Pottery
Mid-20th Century Italian French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Iron
Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Majolica
1880s French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Ceramic
Early 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Terracotta
Late 18th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Faience
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Ceramic
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Ceramic
1930s French Vintage French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Terracotta
Late 20th Century American French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Brass
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Pottery
Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Rattan
1970s American Vintage French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Enamel
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Metal, Zinc
20th Century French French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Concrete, Composition
Late 20th Century American French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Brass
Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Ceramic, Stoneware
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Earthenware
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Terracotta, Paint
1950s French Vintage French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Pottery
Mid-19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Pottery
1910s French Vintage French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Majolica, Ceramic
Early 1900s French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Faience
1970s Portuguese Vintage French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Enamel
1950s Italian Vintage French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Concrete
1880s French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Marble
Late 20th Century American French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Brass
1890s French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Ceramic, Faience
1980s Spanish Vintage French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Ceramic
1970s Portuguese Vintage French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Enamel
1880s French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Terracotta
Mid-19th Century Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Terracotta
Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Copper
1970s French Vintage French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Wood
1890s French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Brass
1890s French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Ceramic
1890s French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Ceramic
1890s French Antique French Provincial Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica