Ribbon Farm

Ribbon Farm

Detroit was French before it was anything else. The earliest settlers parceled the land in narrow ribbon lots — long strips running to the river, each family's claim touching the water. Ribbon Farm carries what those households kept. Toile de Jouy, linen grain sacks, ironstone pitchers broad enough to hold a morning's worth of cream. Faience bowls, wire egg baskets, painted country furniture in colors that have spent decades softening toward their truest selves. The domestic scale — kitchen, mudroom, keeping room — in the French Provincial tradition that traveled from Provence to the Great Lakes and stayed. This is not farmhouse as aesthetic. This is farmhouse as history.

collection no. 08

About This Collection

French Provincial is not a trend. It is a specific domestic tradition — faience on open shelves, toile at the windows, linen worn soft from use, provincial ceramics that never pretended to be anything other than useful. These pieces are the real thing, sourced from the farmsteads and estate sales of the Great Lakes where that tradition took root and held.

Nothing here is distressed on purpose. The wear is original. So is the beauty.

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Daher Decorated Ware Bird and Cherry Tin Serving Tray, 1971 Daher Decorated Ware Bird and Cherry Tin Serving Tray, 1971
Daher Decorated Ware Bird and Cherry Tin Serving Tray, 1971
$34.00
$34.00
Antique Pewter Chamber Candlestick | Paddle Handle | Drip Tray | Struck Touch Mark | Taper Candle Holder | Colonial Style | American or English Pewter Antique Pewter Chamber Candlestick | Paddle Handle | Drip Tray | Struck Touch Mark | Taper Candle Holder | Colonial Style | American or English Pewter
Antique Pewter Chamber Candlestick | Paddle Handle | Drip Tray | Struck Touch Mark | Taper Candle Holder | Colonial Style | American or English Pewter
$48.00
$48.00
Mid-Century Folk Art Rooster Plate | Black & Mustard Gold Transfer | Pennsylvania Dutch Motif | Salad Plate | Farmhouse Decor | American Dinnerware | circa 1950s–1960s Mid-Century Folk Art Rooster Plate | Black & Mustard Gold Transfer | Pennsylvania Dutch Motif | Salad Plate | Farmhouse Decor | American Dinnerware | circa 1950s–1960s
Mid-Century Folk Art Rooster Plate | Black & Mustard Gold Transfer | Pennsylvania Dutch Motif | Salad Plate | Farmhouse Decor | American Dinnerware | circa 1950s–1960s
$22.00
$22.00
Set of 6 Vintage Paris Coasters | Impressionist Cityscape Reproductions | Signed Georges B. | Notre-Dame Eiffel Tower Moulin Rouge | Mid-Century French Souvenir | Cork Back Set of 6 Vintage Paris Coasters | Impressionist Cityscape Reproductions | Signed Georges B. | Notre-Dame Eiffel Tower Moulin Rouge | Mid-Century French Souvenir | Cork Back
Set of 6 Vintage Paris Coasters | Impressionist Cityscape Reproductions | Signed Georges B. | Notre-Dame Eiffel Tower Moulin Rouge | Mid-Century French Souvenir | Cork Back
$20.00
$20.00
Mid-Century Clear Glass Tomato Carafe | Silk-Screened Decoration | c. 1950s–1960s Mid-Century Clear Glass Tomato Carafe | Silk-Screened Decoration | c. 1950s–1960s
Mid-Century Clear Glass Tomato Carafe | Silk-Screened Decoration | c. 1950s–1960s
$19.00
$19.00
Coconut Palm Wood Turned Lidded Trinket Box | Natural Vascular Grain | Domed Lid | Folk Craft | Southeast Asia | Mid-Century | Vanity Jewelry Box Coconut Palm Wood Turned Lidded Trinket Box | Natural Vascular Grain | Domed Lid | Folk Craft | Southeast Asia | Mid-Century | Vanity Jewelry Box
Coconut Palm Wood Turned Lidded Trinket Box | Natural Vascular Grain | Domed Lid | Folk Craft | Southeast Asia | Mid-Century | Vanity Jewelry Box
$20.00
$20.00
Rough-Coat Terrier Wall Hook Plaque | Bone-Shaped Double Peg Rail | Stoney Hill Sensations | Mudroom Decor Rough-Coat Terrier Wall Hook Plaque | Bone-Shaped Double Peg Rail | Stoney Hill Sensations | Mudroom Decor
Rough-Coat Terrier Wall Hook Plaque | Bone-Shaped Double Peg Rail | Stoney Hill Sensations | Mudroom Decor
$32.00
$32.00
Vintage Japanese Export Wood Recipe Box | Patriotic Eagle & Stars | Gold Lettering | Made in Japan | 1950s–1960s | Mid-Century Kitchen Vintage Japanese Export Wood Recipe Box | Patriotic Eagle & Stars | Gold Lettering | Made in Japan | 1950s–1960s | Mid-Century Kitchen
Vintage Japanese Export Wood Recipe Box | Patriotic Eagle & Stars | Gold Lettering | Made in Japan | 1950s–1960s | Mid-Century Kitchen
$35.00
$35.00
Nesting tin set of three in mint green with red tulip diamond pattern, nested together — Potlicker Pantry, Jolene Le Mille Archive Three graduated storage tins separated showing size range — red tulip and gold diamond lattice on mint green, European 1960s–1970s
Set of Three Matching Tins | Red Tulip Diamond Pattern | Mint Green and Gold | European, 1960s–1970s
$19.00
$19.00
Set of Four French Silver-Plated Bouillon Cups with Wooden Handles and Saucers Set of Four French Silver-Plated Bouillon Cups with Wooden Handles and Saucers
Set of Four French Silver-Plated Bouillon Cups with Wooden Handles and Saucers
$65.00
$65.00

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