4th edition
41 exhibitors demonstrating on their booth in the park of Fretay Castle
Price : 3€
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Craft made Festival
Reconstitution d'un salon avec lustre, marqueterie, fauteuil, table basseSalon de Fretay à Savigny-sur-Braye|
A craftsman’s feast created by a cabinetmaker
Marie-Hélène Poisson is part of a family of cabinetmakers.
She grew up, like her father, in the family cabinetmaking workshop created by her grandfather.
From an early age, she contemplated the wonders of the Great Century, glues, scales and burins.
As a child, at the age when little girls usually play with dolls, Marie-Hélène already has fun making wooden wheelbarrows.
At the age of fifteen, she made a marquetry box of her composition to present her application to the Boulle school.
Following in the footsteps of her father who specialized in Boulle marquetry and works for museums and antique dealers, Marie-Hélène endeavours to perpetuate a centuries-old know-how, witness of the Great Century of Louis XIV. Today it is his daughter who is preparing to take over, thus being the 4th generation!
Installed for 4 years in the Castle of Fretay (Loir-et-Cher), she wanted to create in 2020 an event dedicated to the know-how of excellence in French.
Edition 2023
- 41 exhibitors demonstrating on their booth in the park of Fretay Castle.
- Guest of honor : la Cité d’Antan
- Saturday evening concert and candlelight dinner
Campement du XIII ème siècleCité d’Antan |
