Comments on: French Decorative Arts: D. Porthault

By: ladyjicky

ladyjicky — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:11:27 +0000

Thats it Jan – Delorme! Its Soooo expensive here and only in one shop I know of. As for Porhault – I have never seen a shop here in Australia selling them.Only in Magazines do I see these sheets – Oh, and Oprah has mentioned them too! LOL
I know it would be lovely to sleep in those sheets but for the money – mmmm , I think I shall await for a lottery win. I like eating too much! LOL

By: Jan del Monte

Jan del Monte — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:19:38 +0000

ladyjicky, I think you may be speaking of Yves Delorme, which are lovely, too.

I am for anyone who supports artisans. There is even a committee here that supports fine French products — tnat could be a future post.

I would love to sleep in such luxury, but I don’t think it’s part of my life style for the moment. Maybe when the puppy with a penchant for percale grows up!

By: ladyjicky

ladyjicky — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:27:59 +0000

As I was looking at their site Jan I thought of the saying – “money doesn’t make you happy” – well those sheets would me! LOL
I love the colours and the fine hand work. It was great to hear that the couple have not only bought out the company so it may continue but its keeping the makers who hand make these pretty sheets with their beautiful finishes. That means there are alot of women (and some men maybe ) who have this skill and it will live on and their jobs will not disappear with the purchase of a machine that could do it quicker but without that “touch”.
I do not know if we can purchase porthault here but I have seen the company called Delmore (spelling is wrong!) on sale here. Its lovely but nowhere near as wonderful as Porthault’s designs and craftmanship!