Friday, January 14, 2011

Paris Lampshades


This storefront window got me thinking about lampshades. Les abat-jours. (Hmm, or should it be abats-jour? Abats-jours?) Figuring out French plurals of compound words always gives me a headache. I learned the rules way back, but I'm still flummoxed all the time.


Anyway, these charming lampshades let me momentarily forget all the grammatical shenanigans. They were just delightful!

9 comments:

Chrissy Brand said...

I just love your photos and observations from wandering around Paris-makes me want to go there once again very soon ;-)

Jane said...

What a great window.

Autolycus said...

One would hardly dare to ask to buy one, for fear of upsetting the display.

Anonymous said...

Would you choose the turquoise lampshade, Polly? I would. What a cute post! Maria O. Russell

c'est Jeff ici said...

I love the way Parisian shops do window displays. On rue de Rennes there is a glove shop with what seems to be hundreds of wonderfully colorful gloves in neat rows and columns filling the window.

Fifi Flowers said...

Oooh those are sooo FUN!!!!

Holiday Villas in France said...

That would make a really fab, kooky canvas picture. Parisian shops either do window displays really really well, or awfully, I noticed when I was there. That was a few years ago now though, perhaps times have changed?

Hotel Paris la Defense said...

What a variety. Abat-jours, is the right form I guess, but who knows, it is French. as long as it sounds good, who cares for spelling.

Polly-Vous Francais said...

And these are just the modern lampshades. So many creative high-end one-of-a-kind lampshades, too!

C'est jeff, I have to say I was SOO thrilled when I was in Paris last month to see a resurgence of glove shops. Yay! Et les gants = elegants!

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