French Provincial

For the full guide to the style, read the guide to French provincial furniture.

This page gathers every piece in the journal that touches the region's interiors: farmhouse rooms, toile and linen, and life in Provence.

Black-and-white photograph of a long carved walnut daybed with cabriole legs, a carved scalloped apron and a high upholstered back topped by a pierced shell cresting

French Provincial Furniture: What the Name Means, and What It Doesn’t

FurnitureCarved and gilded commode

The Beauty of French Provincial Interiors

French faience potpourri with cover

A Week in a Provencal Farmhouse

Commode in walnut veneered with amaranth and bois satine

Complete Guide to French Vintage Decor

Bottle cooler, Sèvres porcelain with polychrome enamels and gold

Toile, Linen and the Faded Palette

Elsewhere in the journal
French Art Deco furniture and decoration in Ruhlmann's small salon, 1925 colour plate: pale panelled walls edged in gilt, a tiered crystal chandelier, a gilded relief above a mirror, a dark desk with a slatted lid, a cream armchair and a round painted panel of birds before the fireplace

French Art Deco Furniture: Ruhlmann’s Pavilion at the 1925 Paris Exposition

Art Nouveau & Art DecoBaroque furniture: a tall state bed hung with blue silk damask, with a deep fringed canopy and curtains, shown in a dark museum gallery beside an upholstered armchair

Baroque Furniture: The Roman Baroque Bed

Baroque & RococoDark wooden cabinet with asymmetrical stepped shelves and small open compartments above, gold and red carved panels in the lower doors and a pierced brass grille at the centre

Japonisme: How Japanese Art and Design Reshaped Western Interiors

Asian · Japanese