6 stores · curated ORBIS register
Innere Stadt, Vienna
A tableware specialist selling porcelain, glass, crystal, cutlery, and decorated vintage porcelain. The business traces its history to 1702 and formerly held court-purveyor status.
Best for Tableware specialist selling porcelain, glass, crystal, cutlery, and decorated vintage porcelain
Séez / Savoie / Online
A wool mill founded in 1817 by brothers Alexis and Jean-Baptiste Arpin in Séez, tracing back to a workshop first opened at Montvalezan in 1771; it holds France's Living Heritage Enterprise label and still spins fabric from raw fleece on partly historic machinery.
Best for Savoie wool-mill blankets, coats, and throws
The Arpin mill's roots go back to 1771, when its first workshop was set up at Montvalezan, in the Savoie region. In 1817, brothers Alexis and Jean-Baptiste Arpin transferred the operation to Séez-Saint-Bernard, on the edge of the Versoyen stream, at a time when Savoie was not yet part of France. The mill became known for a specific woolen cloth called "Drap de Bonneval," named after Pierre Blanc, a mountain guide and peddler from Bonneval-sur-Arc in the twentieth century who traded in the fabric. Today Arpin is recognized as a French "Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant" (Living Heritage Enterprise) and describes itself as the last mill in France still producing fabric starting from raw fleece rather than pre-processed wool, using historic machinery, roughly two-thirds of which is classified as a monument historique. The company sources its wool exclusively from within Savoie, working with around thirty breeders across the Maurienne and Tarentaise valleys, using sheep breeds including Blanche du Massif Central, Île-de-France, Lacaune and Préalpes. Products made from the mill's wool include blankets, coats, bags and throws, sold both from Séez and through its own online shop.
Paris
French linens of hotel-suite polish — jacquard towels and percale from a 1774 lineage. Stocked at Galeries Lafayette in Paris.
Best for Jacquard towels and percale linens with hotel-suite polish, dating to 1774
Munich
A family-run household-goods, cookware and hardware emporium beside Viktualienmarkt. Established in 1798 and operated by the seventh generation.
Best for Household goods, cookware, and hardware beside Viktualienmarkt since 1798, seventh generation
East Passyunk / Collingswood NJ / Online
Occasionette is an independent gift shop founded by Sara Villari in 2013 on East Passyunk Avenue, now at 1704 East Passyunk Avenue with sister shops in Collingswood and Chestnut Hill. A card wall and candles sit beside kitchen goods and a house line of Philadelphia-designed exclusives. Philadelphia Magazine named it Store for Snail Mail in 2016 after the shop expanded its paper goods.
Best for Gifts, cards, and party supplies from independent makers
Occasionette is a gift shop that opened in 2013 on East Passyunk Avenue in South Philadelphia and now trades from three neighborhood shops. The Philadelphia store stands at 1704 East Passyunk Avenue, with a second at 724 Haddon Avenue in Collingswood, New Jersey, and a third at 8521 Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill. Founder Sara Villari's shop was named Store for Snail Mail in Philadelphia Magazine's 2016 city awards after she expanded to stock more paper goods, and the magazine has called it movie-set cute. A card wall anchors each shop. Around it sit candles and kitchen towels. Coasters and Swedish dishcloths share space with puzzles and games. Art prints hang above tote bags and hats. A house line of Occasionette exclusives is designed in Philadelphia and sold in the shops and online, shipping nationwide. Philadelphia sports fans find Phillies and Eagles goods, and a Garden State range serves the New Jersey side of the river. The shop describes itself as woman-owned and dog friendly. A loyalty card gives a free greeting card for every twelve purchased, and shoppers carrying a reusable Occasionette bag save five percent. The company states a belief in local, independent retail as a force for good in the communities it serves.
Innere Stadt, Vienna
A linen specialist selling made-to-measure table, bed, and bath linens with monogramming and embroidery. Founded in 1720.
Best for Made-to-measure table, bed, and bath linens with monogramming and embroidery since 1720
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