The L’Isle-Sur-La-Sorgue antique market is like WOW.
Okay, OKAY, I know I’ve been beating all of you over the head on Instagram with the fact that I was at the antiques market in L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue in the Provence last week – but it was all so freaking exciting (and sizzlingly hot, oh my GODDESS)! So, please bear with me…
![The L’Isle-Sur-La-Sorgue antique market is like WOW.](/content/images/size/w1200/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-featured-image-02.jpg)
Okay, OKAY, I know I’ve been beating all of you over the head on Instagram with the fact that I was at the antiques market in L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue in the Provence last week – but it was all so freaking exciting (and sizzlingly hot, oh my GODDESS)! So, please bear with me today as I share oooh…a few dozen more photos that I took there. For those of you not in the know, the southern French village of L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (what a mouthful) is home to what I’m sure is the largest number of antique stores in Europe. Believe me, it’s a lot to take in. But twice a year, the visual overload gets even bigger when about 300 more dealers descend on its streets for the Foire.
L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue / Antiques Art and You
Yep, that’s the official name of the antiques market. Okay, let me show you what I saw there.
![L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Antiques Market](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-00.jpg)
Don’t worry about finding the market when you arrive – the first antiques store, aptly called Le Quai de la Gare, beckons you the moment you leave the train. L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is about half an hour from the beautiful tourist trap that is Avignon. There was also plenty of space to park your car, by the way.
![L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Antiques Market](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-01.jpg)
If you ever needed a reason the world does not need MORE furniture, here it is! L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is a veritable cornucopia of all things vintage.
![L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Antiques Market](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-02.jpg)
No, things do not need to match in a great interior. Au contraire!
![L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Antiques Market](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-03.jpg)
Mid-modern, Shmid-modern! Scandinavian shelving systems were all the rage ten years ago – but now they’re just really boring, if you ask my opinion. That being said, the warm wood of this particular specimen does look great combined with the cool blue paint.
![L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Antiques Market](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-04.jpg)
Those two paintings would look just plain awful in most interiors, but here they really work. Must be the dark grey wall and the antique furniture.
![L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Antiques Market](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-05.jpg)
Stick a fork in me, I’m done with Hollywood Regency for a while. Sorry. That travertine table in the back is quite nice, though.
![L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Antiques Market](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-06.jpg)
Now, THIS is fun! One of the dealers had a room filled with amazing ceramics.
![L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Antiques Market](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-07.jpg)
I really wouldn’t know which one I’d buy, would you?
![gold mirrored credenza](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-08.jpg)
Ah yes, the mirrored cabinet that was such a hit when I posted it on Instagram.
![isle sur la sorgue](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-09.jpg)
TOTALLY DIGGING the light blue fabric on these otherwise quite mundane chairs.
![sex positions chair](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-10.jpg)
This chair looks like it offers endless possibilities for out of this world sex positions. How many can you think of?
![rhino lamp](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-11.jpg)
Okay, it’s a lamp. It’s made of travertine. And it’s a rhinoceros. All I had to do find out who designed it was to Google “Rhinoceros Travertin Lamp”. Fratelli Mannelli, of course!
![L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Antiques Market](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-12.jpg)
OMG – and all this time I thought the Yves Klein blue Roman head in my living room was big!
![yves klein blue chair](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-13.jpg)
Talking about which…what do you think of this Yves Klein blue chair? It sure has a lot going on!
![Purple Togo sofa](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-14.jpg)
As I said on Instagram the other day, this Togo sofa is getting a tad clichéd. That shade of purple is quite nice, though – especially combined with the Victor Vasarely-ish painting on the wall.
![L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Antiques Market](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-15.jpg)
What an unusual shape for an armrest! Drop me a line if you know more about this chair.
![vintage circular cabinet](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-16.jpg)
This circular cabinet might just be the missing link in my kitchen. Lovely shade of orange!
![Seventies black lacquered brass shelving system](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-17.jpg)
Come to papa! It’s not the best photo I’ve ever taken, but this Seventies black lacquered brass shelving system sure looks pretty.
![vintage furniture](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-18.jpg)
It wasn’t until I got home that I noticed there were two giant gold columns in this photo. Sometimes you just don’t know where to look, right?
![Chipie store display](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-19.jpg)
I loved, loved, LOVED Chipie in the Eighties – that brand is definitely due for a comeback.
![Fornasetti poster](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-20.jpg)
If you’re into Fornasetti, but are tired of the Giulia plates then this framed poster might be a good alternative.
![isle sur la sorgue](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-21.jpg)
Oh wow, those rough stone walls are definitely a surprising backdrop for these glossy wooden cabinets. Not really feeling the lamp, though.
![isle sur la sorgue](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-22.jpg)
I once lived in this rickety old pijpenla apartment in Amsterdam with a wooden floor that I painted white just like this one. My furniture wasn’t quite as fancy as all the stuff you see here, I can tell you though.
![ceramic chinese head](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-23.jpg)
Anyone for takeaway Chinese? This ceramic Chinese had wasn’t too expensive at €100 – but it was a bit too heavy for me to take back to my hotel in Marseille.
![vintage shell lamp](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-24.jpg)
I had never seen this type of shell lamp before, but at the L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue market I saw at least five of them. Must be French thing. Most of them were about €120 – a bit much, but there you have it.
![ceramic table](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-25.jpg)
When I took this photo, it was getting really, really hot outside. Still, I soldiered on.
![Victorian candle lamp](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-26.jpg)
I always make a sport out of finding rare items like this candle holder on Google. ‘Victorian candle lamp’ was the closest I got.
![isle sur la sorgue](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-27.jpg)
A never-ending parade of vintage furniture in the sweltering heat – my kind of afternoon!
![vintage propeller](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-28.jpg)
If you ever need a giant propeller or a rocket for that matter, here it is! Can you believe all the weird and wonderful items that you can find at the L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Antiques market?
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![vintage square cups](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-30.jpg)
I’d probably spill my coffee all over me drinking from these square cups! But hey, at least I’d look terribly cool in the process.
![cute doggy](https://www.tastefulfriend.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-29.jpg)
Cute doggies are all the rage with French antiques dealers – but I already knew that from my visit to Les Puces in Paris a few years ago. Check out the photos I took when I was there – I even ran into Rod Stewart. Ha!