Passage Jouffroy

Passage Jouffroy

How much would you love to have

a light fixture comme ça?

It was not for sale and

would not have fit in my carry-on.

Tant pis pour moi!

Passage Jouffroy

Boulevard Montmartre

75009, Paris

Livres anciens - Librairie Paul Vulin

Old books..

Beautiful, if slightly worn, old books can be bought in many places 

throughout Paris from the flea markets to the Passages de Paris.  

If they were not so heavy, I would have a larger collection.  

This photo reminds me 

that I need to bring back at least one with every trip.  

I no longer travel with a guide book, 

so there should be room for a single antique book in my carry-on.

livres de collection

Librairie Paul Vulin

Passage Jouffroy

75009, Paris

 

Passage Jouffroy VIII

Passage Jouffroy

Just adjacent to the Café Grevin (yesterday's post),

is one of the entrances to Passage Jouffroy.

Almost two centuries old, the iron and glass ceilings remain.  

There are a few shops that have not changed over the years, 

but you will note the candy shop sign which I have seen all over Europe.  

The lamps that line both sides of the passage are my favorite detail.

bon weekend

Passage Jouffroy

10-12, boulevard Montmartre

9, rue de la Grange Batelière
75009 Paris

Le Valentin - salon de thé

Le Valentin - salon de thé

The heat of the teapots was surpassed by the warmth of friendship.  

How wonderful to meet two friends face to face.

Le Valentin

30, Passage Jouffroy

75009, Paris

 

Les poupées

Hoping that all the little French girls get the dolls of their dreams for Christmas.  These are sweet, but ma chère amie Winterludes has the most charming and detailed dolls and she even weaves stories around them.

We met on our mutual birthday in November at a salon de thé in Passage Jouffroy and each exchanged a handmade cadeau.  I cherish my little Winterlude doll with her exquisite hair and little dress, a delightful gift from a dear blog friend.

l'ourson en bois

83, rue Charenton

75012 Paris

Musée Grevin - a ghost?

At Musée Grevin, this figure peeking from behind the velvet curtains

seemed just spooky enough for our Halloween

I am not sure who inspired this wax figure.  It is a wax figure, right?

Musée Grevin

Passage Jouffroy

Boulevard Montmartre

75009 Paris

Passage Jouffroy - II

In the filtered light of Passage Jouffroy, one can sit for a moment in a chair, have a sip of café, and then buy it all when one is ready to depart.

Passage Jouffroy

10-12, boulevard Montmartre

9, rue de la Grange Batelière
75009 Paris

Musée Grevin

Did you know that there was a wax museum in the center of Paris? Musée Grevin was founded in 1882 and now contains some 300 characters arranged in scenes from the history of France and modern life. Its baroque architecture includes a mirrored mirage room based on the principle of a catoptric cistula and a theater for magic shows.

It has an ornate main entrance on Boulevard Montmartre and another entrance in Passage Jouffroy.


Hummmm.... you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours?


Musée Grevin
10, boulevard Montmartre
75009, Paris

Passage Jouffroy - un mystère?

As one looks up* in Passage Jouffroy, the iron and glass ceiling catches the eye along with the lamps, ever-present for almost two centuries. For what purpose is that door and where might it lead? Is there anyone looking out over the many pedestrians of the passage each day?

If it seems that I am suggesting it is haunted or slightly askew, I have been reading Deborah Lawrenson's wonderful book, The Lantern, just published by HarperCollins in the USA. A novelist and journalist, she and her husband live in a crumbling house in the Luberon which is the inspiration for her captivating, haunting book. You can check out her blog here.

*always remember to look up


Passage Jouffroy
10-12, boulevard Montmartre
9, rue de la Grange Batelière
75009 Paris

Bécassine - the story

Bécassin is considered the first female protagonist in the history of comics. She is a young Breton housemaid created by Jacqueline Rivière and Joseph Pinchon in 1905. She is considered the birth of the modern bande dessinée inspiring Hergé (The Adventures of Tintin) in the 1920s.

These books were seen in the window of a bookseller in Passage Jouffroy, a covered arcade in the 9ième arrondissement.

I first encountered this heroine through collecting antique fêves, which is another story...


Librarie Paul Vulin
Passage Jouffroy
Métro Grands Boulevards