{"product_id":"draft-6-19-antique-au-bon-marche-paris-department-store-ashtray","title":"Antique Au Bon Marché Paris Department Store Ashtray","description":"\u003cp\u003eFound at market in Paris, we were thrilled to spy this colorful ashtray from \u003cem\u003eAu Bon Marché\u003c\/em\u003e, part of the mid 19th-century emergence of the department store. Founded in 1838 as a novelty shop by brothers Paul and Justin Videau to sell lace, ribbons, linens, buttons, umbrellas and other goods \u003cem\u003eAu Bon Marché\u003c\/em\u003e grew to become one of the first modern department stores.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough innovations we now regard as standard practice, \u003cem\u003eAu Bon Marché\u003c\/em\u003e made its mark on the retail trade through the implementation of many experimental strategies including fixed prices where haggling had been the norm, guarantees that allowed exchanges and refunds, a reading room where husbands could wait while their wives shopped, newspaper advertising, amusements for children and mail order catalogues. By 1869 a new location envisioned as \"\u003cspan class=\"paragraph typo-body-m group\" type=\"paragraph\"\u003ea new kind of store that would thrill all the senses” in the 7e arrondissement \u003c\/span\u003eat 24 rue de Sèvres on Paris's Left Bank was commissioned to accommodate the expanding business. The inspiration for Emile Zola's \u003cem\u003eAu Bonheur des Dames\u003c\/em\u003e, a sweeping novel set against the inner workings of a \u003cem\u003egrand\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003emagasin\u003c\/em\u003e, the new setting provided a luxurious and elegant shopping experience which continued to flourish. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1922 as design and d\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"paragraph typo-body-m group\" type=\"paragraph\"\u003eecorative arts reached a crescendo in France, the Pomone Atelier D'Art - an interior design department, was established following the trend of other Parisian department stores, with the legendary Paul Follot as its first director. This Antique Au Bon Marché Ashtray made by the French studio pottery of Longwy for L'atelier Pomone dates from the Follot era. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan id=\"wb_uid7\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"paragraph typo-body-m group\" type=\"paragraph\"\u003eWith a sweetly colored cornucopia depicted in an early Art Deco style along with the slogan \u003cem\u003eLoyauté fait ma force \u003c\/em\u003e(Loyalty is My Strength), this Antique Au Bon Marché Ashtray promotes Au Bon Marché \/ Paris on the upper edge with additional locales listed around the perimeter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan id=\"wb_uid7\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"paragraph typo-body-m group\" type=\"paragraph\"\u003eKnown today \u003cem\u003eas Le Bon Marché\u003c\/em\u003e, the fashionable department store with its rich history remains a must-see destination for shoppers from across the globe, while this charming tray remains\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"paragraph typo-body-m group\" type=\"paragraph\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e a sweet relic from one of the most celebrated stores in Paris.\u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan id=\"wb_uid7\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eStrictly one-of-a-kind and subject to prior sale. In good vintage condition with signs of age including a small area with paint loss on the rim as seen in the alternate images. Measures 5\"D in diameter x .6725\"H.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"P.O.S.H.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43293833035889,"sku":"3481`26","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0165\/2136\/files\/AshTray-1.jpg?v=1781659649","url":"https:\/\/poshchicago.com\/products\/draft-6-19-antique-au-bon-marche-paris-department-store-ashtray","provider":"P.O.S.H.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}