SPOTLIGHT ON VINTAGE: VINTAGE COLLECTIONS – WHAT DO YOU COLLECT?

And I love seeing all these collections. It's so interesting to see what people love and why they love it.

I'm a bit of a generalist, and I tend to cycle through collections. These days it's 80s kitsch, Dansk paperweights, and display hands. I also love vintage signs that relate to my name and/or my business.

 

Susan - Loved seeing your display. Are your wall units Royal System? I had a teak Cado System (way) back in the day! I have a room with a very similar shade of gold wall!!!

This will give you an idea of what I collect - but only a tiny glimpse!!!





There are more chickens/roosters - and even some rooster plates but I will save them for another day!

 

Last one (on this topic....) I bought these at a shop in San Francisco in either 1980 or the very early '80s. They are now vintage. They are French faience. The plates are signed S. Clement. I change the scarf frequently. The current one is from a fabric sample. I am trying to remember the name of the store. It was on Sutter Street - a few block past Powell. I went there every time I went to SF back then. I still use some (very tired) plaid cotton napkins that I bought there. The change plate and match holder in the photo above are from there, also. I am not sure when the store closed. Hopefully the name will come to me - or someone will remember. I will continue to ask Google but so far no luck! I have to stop searching because I am finding all sorts of wonderful plates that I do NOT need!!! Edited: The name of the shop was "La Vie du Soleil" - I remembered the name. I have a photo of the chicken and the plates on my table C. 1981.

 

Linn - it's a Cado unit. Danish teak furniture is something else that I collect when I can find it.

I LOVE your home. I know you are an interior decorator and it shows. Your wall colors are an inspiration!

 

Thank you, Susan! You would love my office. I have a large Danish teak desk that was my husbands - it's probably from the early '70s! I probably had the same Cado System you have.

 

Linn, your plate reminds me of the plate I bought myself in Quimper in Brittany years ago .

 

Karin - I have one Quimper plate. I didn't know this until I just looked it up: St. Clément took over the production of Luneville Pottery in 1968. (I love Luneville.....).

This is my Quimper. I took it in place on the bookcase with my phone. You can get the idea, though!

 

Fascinating—love your tiles and bags both Jo!

 

Those tiles are beautiful! Love seeing all these collections.

 

LOVE your tiles and bags, Jo - especially the way you have displayed the tiles! I picked up a tile in France in 1985 - I will have to take a photo to show you!

 

I bought these tiles in Burgundy in 1985. The are marked with a crown on the back. Unfortunately the tile on the left is not in perfect condition. I never did anything with them, so I put them out on a table on my lanai today to enjoy! Jo, your collection reminded me about them!

 

Thanks for contributing! On that same trip I brought back some wine and an oil painting that is still hanging in my house. I think I carried all of it onto the airplane. Times have definitely changed!

 

@Linn , yes, that's so typically Quimper! Here's my plate from Quimper, by Henriot:

20 years ago I spent a happy summer French course in Brest... though it feels like I spent more time hanging out at the local beach or going out at night than at school . One of the weekend excursions the school offered was to Quimper. Such a pretty town!

 

Most of the time that's true. I have ceiling fans in every room except the kitchen and bathrooms - and they run 24/7. About a week and a half ago a winter storm came through here - very high winds and lots and lots of rain. The temperature dropped about 15 degrees (at least) in about 20 minutes. I raced around trying to close every window possible (plus the rain was coming in.) I turned down the fan speeds - and got under the covers. But usually, the windows are open!