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A rich French woman abandoned this apartment in 1942.What they found inside is incredible.
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Posted on 01/09/2014 3:28:20 PM PST by Sasparilla
A rich French woman abandoned this apartment in 1942. What they found inside is incredible.
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: fineart; france; worldwareleven
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To: Sasparilla
/drool
Some of that stuff is soooo beautiful.
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:01:29 PM PST
by
Irenic
(The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
To: Sasparilla
beautiful stuff..esp. the vase.
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:02:27 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi :-)
To: jocon307
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:20:52 PM PST
by
EandH Dad
(sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
To: EandH Dad
To: Sasparilla
I’d love to get my hands on the sideboard, china hutch, and that dressing table...
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:26:05 PM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(I will not comply.)
To: Dead Corpse
Reminds me of the woman in Empty Mansions, a wonderful read!
To: Sasparilla
Incredible. The world’s largest time capsule.
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:29:34 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: Sasparilla
I’d kill for the triptych mirror.
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:30:58 PM PST
by
Mears
To: Sasparilla
If that’s the way it looked when she left, she’s either a bad housekeeper or a hoarder.........
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:31:42 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Miss Muffit suffered from arachnophobia.....)
To: beef
In 1942, the Germans and their collaborative French hosts were raping pillaging and plundering Parisians. Her apartment might have been a scene she would rather forget.
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:35:48 PM PST
by
Broker
(By faith)
To: Sasparilla
Les Cueilleurs Américain
To: EDINVA
Also Porky Pig! Like another above mentioned, the nature of that room makes me want to know more about the Lady who rented it for so many years.
As a writer, I am mentally constructing a tragic story where she had that apartment as an 'entertaining' spot for a much beloved man (or woman) whom she never saw again due to the war, so she could not bear to enter the room again but could not bring herself to end the connections.
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:45:41 PM PST
by
MHGinTN
(Being deceived can be cured.)
To: cajungirl; Mears
Ooo, thanks, cajungirl!
LOL Mears-that’s my second favorite, after the ostrich.
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:47:37 PM PST
by
KGeorge
(Till we're together again, Gypsy girl. May 28, 1998- June 3, 2013)
To: Sasparilla
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:49:31 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Sasparilla
I wonder what the monthly rent was when she was still living there and what it is today. I’m guessing an apartment like that in Paris today would be considerable.
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:51:16 PM PST
by
Ken H
(What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.)
To: MHGinTN
yes, I saw Porky, too. Interesting contrast to the heavy Louis XIV antiques.
You are clearly a romantic with your envisioned war romance story. As a cynical former New Yorker, I figured she had a “rent controlled” apartment and couldn’t afford NOT to continue paying its rent. For 68 years, no less! I wonder if she let others use it over those years? Gotta be a fascinating story there. Hope we learn it.
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posted on
01/09/2014 5:08:00 PM PST
by
EDINVA
To: Sasparilla
“Madame de Florian continued paying the rent until her death in 2010 at the age of 91. Despite paying the rent, she never returned.”
Amazing both the treasures and that she never went back in all those years...
Thanks for posting this.
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posted on
01/09/2014 5:08:35 PM PST
by
Innovative
("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
To: Sasparilla
All of the furniture from the time period remained just how she left it. It looks as if she was just there yesterday. If this is so, she must've liked living in squalor. What a mess! (a priceless mess now, but still...)
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posted on
01/09/2014 5:11:45 PM PST
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
To: matt04
Weird when the same story shows up on FR as on my design blogs.
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posted on
01/09/2014 5:13:14 PM PST
by
La Lydia
To: MHGinTN
Intriguing theory. If you ever write it, I’d love to read it. :-)
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posted on
01/09/2014 5:13:45 PM PST
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
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