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Antiques shopping in France

  1. A

    Galerie & Atelier Puncinello

    This delightful gallery and workshop stocks masks, shields, spears and other collectables and antiques from Oceania and Southeast Asia. The items coming from the Asmat region of Irian Jaya in Indonesia are particularly fine, though expensive. The workshop can make you a socle – a stand or pedestal for your new treasure – to any specification in wood, bronze or plexiglass.

    reviewed

  2. B

    Zut!

    If you're looking for a conversation piece to dominate your lounge room, such as a turn-of-the-20th-century railway clock or other over-size industrial object, Zut's proprietor, Frédéric Daniel, can help you track it down. Even if you're not, it's worth sticking your head around the doorway to see some resplendent relics of Paris' past. Frédéric also does repairs.

    reviewed

  3. C

    Voyageurs & Curieux

    Jean-Édouard Carlier’s primitive art shop looks and feels like an 18th-century cabinet of curiosities collected from around the world: chalices made from coconut shells, unusual feathers and beads, and odd masks.

    reviewed

  4. D

    La Maison de Poupée

    Opposite the residence of the French Senate’s president, this delightful little shop sells its namesake dolls houses as well as poupées anciennes (antique dolls).

    reviewed