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FRENCH GARDENS France Park of Mr Legentil at St Ouen Antique Print $14.00 Time Remaining: 29d 15h 24m Buy It Now for only: $14.00

VINTAGE ITALIAN FRENCH OIL ON CANVAS MOTHER CHILD Possibly Old Master Copy $100.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 15h 4m

UNION WINE POSTER FRENCH VINTAGE RARE NEW 8X10 PRINT IMAGE PHOTO G10 $3.99 Time Remaining: 50m Buy It Now for only: $4.99

BRASSERIE LENGRAND POSTER FRENCH VINTAGE NEW 8X10 PRINT IMAGE PHOTO G10 $2.99 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 50m

FRENCH GARDENS France Park of General Jacqueminot at Fleury Antique Print $14.00 Time Remaining: 29d 15h 24m Buy It Now for only: $14.00

Vintage French Fashion Magazine Album Blouses Nouvelles Chic Parisien No 37 $59.99 Time Remaining: 1d 21h 53m

BICYCLE VINTAGE POSTER Rouxel Dubois French Ad RARE PRINT IMAGE PHOTO G10 $3.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 55m

Vintage Mid Century Modern Art Pottery Christian Dior Statue Poodle Dog French $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 4d 23h 36m

VINTAGE FRENCH CONSERVE BREAD FOOD DRINK WWI AD POSTER KITCHEN DCOR PRINT 124 $9.73 Time Remaining: 6d 10h 7m Buy It Now for only: $9.73

LISTED ARTIST AVERNET VINTAGE FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST STREET SCENE OIL PAINTING $99.99 Time Remaining: 21h 58m Buy It Now for only: $149.99

Julien Lacaze 1933 Original French Travel Poster Fontainebleau Avon Station $99.99 Time Remaining: 3d 22h 50m

LISTED ARTIST RENAULT VINTAGE FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST STREET SCENE OIL PAINTING $99.99 Time Remaining: 22h Buy It Now for only: $149.99

Lady Riding Lux Vacuum Cleaner France French Vintage Poster Repro FREE S H $59.00 Time Remaining: 14d 15h 55m Buy It Now for only: $59.00

VINTAGE HAND CARVED FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST STYLE FRAME ERA OF RENOIR $199.00 Time Remaining: 21h 24m

French Line Ship the Globe Original French Travel Poster Leo Fontan ca1930 $99.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 22h 50m

Rabat Morocco Arab Arabic French Tourism Travel Vintage Poster Repro FREE S H $49.50 Time Remaining: 29d 9h 36m Buy It Now for only: $49.50

ED DINAKOS VINTAGE POSE COLT 5X7 COLOR PHOTO GAY JIM FRENCH PHOTO $7.00 Time Remaining: 3h 40m

VINTAGE RISQUE FRENCH MAGAZINE LA VIE PARISIENNE original 1916 GOOD CONDITION $22.00 Time Remaining: 4d 14m Buy It Now for only: $29.00

VINTAGE RISQUE FRENCH MAGAZINE LA VIE PARISIENNE original 1926 GOOD CONDITION $18.00 Time Remaining: 4d 45m

Paris Bourjois France art print Eiffel Tower kiss French perfume poster vintage $13.99 Time Remaining: 29d 23h 47m Buy It Now for only: $13.99

VINTAGE FRENCH EXPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING SIGNED JEAN DUFY $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 4d 15h 16m

SIGNED FRENCH ART FRENCH SCENE FINE COLORS ON ART PAPER VINTAGE $19.99 Time Remaining: 4d 19h 18m

LISTED ARTIST AVERNET VINTAGE FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST STREET SCENE OIL PAINTING $99.99 Time Remaining: 21h 57m Buy It Now for only: $149.99

FRENCH GARDENS Boat Bridge Royal Garden at Neuilly Paris Antique Print $14.00 Time Remaining: 29d 15h 24m Buy It Now for only: $14.00

1940S FRENCH AFFICHE POSTER VINTAGE ART DECO VIETNAM CIGARETTE ACES ADVERTISING $21.50 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 22h 3m

LISTED ARTIST LE BLANC VINTAGE FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST STREET SCENE OIL PAINTING $99.99 Time Remaining: 22h 1m Buy It Now for only: $149.99

French Fantasy MERMAID w Shoe CANVAS Art Deco LARGE $46.90 Time Remaining: 22d 2h 48m Buy It Now for only: $46.90

SHABBY ANTIQUE VTG VICTORIAN FRENCH OIL ON CANVAS SIGNED PAINTING LADY FRAMED $149.99 Time Remaining: 5d 21h 48m

Vintage 1960s French Travel Poster Versailles La Galerie Des Glaces 24x39 Org $9.00 Time Remaining: 4d 20h 53m

FRENCH CASTLE VINTAGE TRAVEL POSTER Chateau de Nantes PRINT IMAGE PHOTO G10 $3.99 Time Remaining: 1h 56m Buy It Now for only: $4.99

1908 PRINT FRENCH BATTLEFIELD SUCCESS IN MOROCCO $24.99 Time Remaining: 29d 12h 4m Buy It Now for only: $24.99

FRENCH FASHION VINTAGE ART PRINT DRESS HAT GIRL FROCK GOWN EMPIRE MANTEL CLOCK $19.99 Time Remaining: 16h 59m

SIGNED Vintage OLIVER FOSS Oil Painting FRENCH FRANCE Streetscape Swiss Art RARE $10.49 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 5d 20h 48m

FRENCH FASHION VINTAGE ART PRINT DRESS HAT GIRL FROCK GOWN HAIRSTYLE FAN DESIGN $17.99 Time Remaining: 16h 29m

Chapuis Victorian Ladies Fashion FRENCH DINNER GOWN 1894 Antique Print Matted $28.00 Time Remaining: 29d 13h 27m Buy It Now for only: $28.00

Large Vintage French Bronze Male Nude Sculpture Art Deco Erotic Statue Roman NR $149.00 Time Remaining: 20h 21m

Glycya Soap Ad Butterflies Lovely Gal Vintage French Poster Repo FREE S H $9.95 Time Remaining: 15h 59m

Vintage French P Mahler 1907 Print Water Spaniels Dogs $59.99 Time Remaining: 1d 53m

Rita waffles dessert wafers French art poster print $14.98 Time Remaining: 23d 9h 46m Buy It Now for only: $14.98

Vintage French P Mahler 1907 Print Spinone Hound Dog $59.99 Time Remaining: 1d 1h

ANTIQUE FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL PORTRAIT ELEGANT WOMAN J HENDRY VINTAGE OLD ART $225.00 Time Remaining: 23h 51m

Bor quinguina French apertif liquor 30s art poster print SKU3698 $14.98 Time Remaining: 26d 20h 55m Buy It Now for only: $14.98

CANNES France Beach View Vintage French Travel Poster Reproduction FREE S H $9.95 Time Remaining: 15h 49m

Vintage Modern French Oil Painting Marching Children in Park Drum Major Knowling $199.00 Time Remaining: 3d 22h 17m

VINTAGE OIL PAINTING FRENCH CITY SQUARE 1960s 1970s Paris $139.00 Time Remaining: 1d 10h 31m

1905 Photogravure Corot French Art White Birch Tree Study Landscape Cattle Cows $60.95 Time Remaining: 28d 20h 29m Buy It Now for only: $60.95

Vintage 1960s French Travel Poster Nice 24 x39 Clean Orignal Poster $9.00 Time Remaining: 4d 21h 4m

FASHION GIRL DRESS CORSETS FURET PARIS FRENCH VINTAGE POSTER REPRO LARGE $9.85 Time Remaining: 15h 4m

FRENCH BLACK 1894 CAT ALA BODINIERE EXPOSITION FINE VINTAGE POSTER REPRO LARGE $9.85 Time Remaining: 14h 45m

1902 Print Cannes French Riviera French Commune Mediterranean Sea Mont Chevalier $48.95 Time Remaining: 28d 17h 11m Buy It Now for only: $48.95

BICYCLE RACE JAPAN GIRL CYCLES CLEMENT SEINE FRENCH VINTAGE POSTER REPRO LARGE $9.85 Time Remaining: 14h 57m

FRENCH FASHION VINTAGE PRINT FEMALE DRESS HAT FROCK COSTUME LADY WITH GUN RIFLE $19.99 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 46m

FASHION ART PRINT FRENCH DRESS HAT GIRL LADY GOWN VINTAGE FROCK URBAN CITY SCENE $24.99 Time Remaining: 29d 17h 24m Buy It Now for only: $24.99

3 FRENCH ITALIAN ANTIQUE VINTAGE CHALK CARVED SCULPTURED WALL PLAQUES $500.00 Time Remaining: 1d 3h 20m

FRENCH MOUNT BLANC CHAMONIX MOUNTAIN PARIS FRANCE VINTAGE POSTER REPRO LARGE $9.85 Time Remaining: 16h 19m

FELI FELIX PERNOT 45 ABSINTHE WOMAN FRANCE FRENCH VINTAGE POSTER REPRO LARGE $9.85 Time Remaining: 15h 12m

1939 French Generals Vuillemin Gamelin Admiral Darlan ORIGINAL $149.95 Time Remaining: 28d 20h 58m Buy It Now for only: $149.95

FRENCH RIVIERA ANTIBES COTE DAZUR DOG UMBRELLA VINTAGE POSTER REPRO LARGE $9.85 Time Remaining: 16h 49m

HOUDINI Magic Show Theater Large French Vintage Poster Repo FREE S H $15.85 Time Remaining: 1d 15h 49m

Normandie Vintage Style French Travel Poster 24x36 $18.95 Time Remaining: 2d 21h 53m

1902 Print Vallon Obscur Dark Valley Nice French Riviera Gorge Alpes Maritimes $47.95 Time Remaining: 28d 17h 12m Buy It Now for only: $47.95

Le Carnaval a Nice Vintage French Poster Moretti 1969 Carnival Rare $50.00 Time Remaining: 1d 11h 33m

LADY READING Papillon Dog on Beach Large Vintage French Poster Repo FREE S H $15.85 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 39m

1899 Photogravure French Actress Ballet Dancer Costume Theater Leon Comerre Art $64.95 Time Remaining: 28d 16h 44m Buy It Now for only: $64.95

BAL MOULIN ROUGE GIRL THEATRE SHOW FRENCH HORSE VINTAGE POSTER REPRO 12X16 $4.95 Time Remaining: 18h 28m

FRENCH LOUISE MUSICAL THEATRE LOVE OPERA SHOW FINE VINTAGE POSTER REPRO 12X16 $4.95 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 18h 31m

Cauterets Le Pon DEspagne 1937 Original French Travel Poster E Paul Champseix $99.99 Time Remaining: 3d 22h 50m

1899 Print Portrait Napoleon Bonaparte President Ruler French Empire Uniform $48.95 Time Remaining: 28d 16h 55m Buy It Now for only: $48.95

FRANCAISE GIRL BIKE BICYCLE CYCLES PARIS FRENCH FINE VINTAGE POSTER REPRO LARGE $9.85 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 20h 29m

ST MALO France Large French Vintage Travel Poster Reproduction FREE S H $15.85 Time Remaining: 1d 14h 59m

DANCE SHOW THEATRE FOLIES BERGERE FRENCH UMBRELLA VINTAGE POSTER REPRO LARGE $9.85 Time Remaining: 20h 30m

TinTin English French orange soda drink dog art print SKU1626 $14.98 Time Remaining: 13d 9h 47m Buy It Now for only: $14.98

VINTAGE COLT STUDIOS 8x10 PHOTO JIM FRENCH RIP COLT BEEFCAKE ULTRA RARE $14.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 13h 5m

FRENCH ALPS WINTER SKI SPORT PIERRE CHARTREUSE VINTAGE POSTER REPRO LARGE $9.85 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 20h 49m

CHERRY ROCKER LIQUOR GIRL BIRD FRENCH DRINK FINE VINTAGE POSTER REPRO LARGE $9.85 Time Remaining: 21h 12m

1922 Pochoir French Revolution Costume Lady Hats France ORIGINAL $72.95 Time Remaining: 28d 15h 46m Buy It Now for only: $72.95

TWIN PAIR FRENCH ITALIAN SIGNED ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS VINTAGE ANTIQUE $1,000.00 Time Remaining: 1d 3h 18m

Vintage Doctor Pierre French Dental Advertising Poster $9.99 Time Remaining: 16h 58m

Jean Carzou Vintage French Original Lithograph Limited Paris Street 1958 $175.00 Time Remaining: 29d 11h 22m Buy It Now for only: $175.00

FRENCH FRANCE ALPS WINTER SPORT SKI HOHWALD ALSACE VINTAGE POSTER REPRO LARGE $9.85 Time Remaining: 20h 54m

FRENCH ALPS WINTER SPORT VOSGES SKI LORRAIN FRANCE VINTAGE POSTER REPRO LARGE $9.85 Time Remaining: 21h 4m

JOSEPHINE BAKER Jazz Revue Bal Negre FINE French Vintage Poster Repo FREE S H $9.95 Time Remaining: 1d 15h 29m

Bicycle Bike Cycles Birds Paris France French Vintage Poster Repo FREE S H $29.80 Time Remaining: 16d 12h 30m Buy It Now for only: $29.80

BICYCLE BIKE CYCLES ED ELEGANT RIGID FRENCH FRANCE VINTAGE POSTER REPRO LARGE $9.85 Time Remaining: 21h 49m

Opera Masked Ball 1914 Theater France Fun Vintage French Poster Repo FREE S H $9.95 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 29m

FRENCH FASHION VINTAGE PRINT FEMALE DRESS HAT COSTUME DESIGN HAIRSTYLE VICTORIAN $17.99 Time Remaining: 17h 38m

FRENCH GARDENS General Girardins Park at Aulnay Antique Print $14.00 Time Remaining: 29d 15h 24m Buy It Now for only: $14.00

BICYCLE VINTAGE POSTER Cycles Gladiator French Ad 24x36 PRINT IMAGE PHOTO D20 $6.98 Time Remaining: 23h 43m Buy It Now for only: $8.99

Vintage HERBELOT French WATERCOLOR LITHO FRAMED signed numbered 185x16 $39.99 Time Remaining: 2d 22h

Trouville Piano Concert Pour Rien Music French Vintage Poster Repro FREE S H $12.85 Time Remaining: 5d 17h 17m Buy It Now for only: $12.85

Pair of Vintage Used French Bulletin Darboriculture Ect Strawberry Fruit Prints $149.99 Time Remaining: 16h

FRENCH DANCE TOULOUSE LAUTREC JANE AVRIL THEATER VINTAGE POSTER REPRO LARGE $9.85 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 57m

VINTAGE COLT STUDIOS 8x10 PHOTO JIM FRENCH RIP COLT BEEFCAKE ULTRA RARE $14.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 12h 49m

1922 Pochoir Louis XIV Costume French Ladies Duchess ORIGINAL $73.95 Time Remaining: 28d 15h 48m Buy It Now for only: $73.95

Winter Sports FranceVintage 1960s French Travel Poster 24x39 Org $13.38 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 20h 59m

JOSEPHINE BAKER Jazz Revue Bal Negre FINE French Vintage Poster Repo FREE S H $9.95 Time Remaining: 2d 14h 58m

HOUDINI Magic Show Theater Large French Vintage Poster Repo FREE S H $15.85 Time Remaining: 2d 15h 19m

FRENCH GARDENS Paris Park of Prussian Ambassador Antique Print $14.00 Time Remaining: 29d 15h 24m Buy It Now for only: $14.00

LADY READING Papillon Dog on Beach Large Vintage French Poster Repo FREE S H $15.85 Time Remaining: 2d 16h 9m

VINTAGE COLT STUDIOS 8x10 PHOTO JIM FRENCH RIP COLT BEEFCAKE ULTRA RARE $14.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 12h 49m

French Vintage

French Style - Beds

A French bed is a style of bed that is uses a lot of curves, and designs to create amazing details. They are typically made out of an iron frame or a wood frame, both with much detail. It will be hard to find a French bed made out of any other material. In the European countries the term "French bed" refers to the size of a bed which is between the size of a double and full bed. It is not quite enough room for two people and a little too much enough room for one. They are usually around  47 inches wide, which is about one and half times the size of a twin bed.  In Italy  "letto francese" is also called a "one and a half"" or "una piazza e mezza" which mean  a width equivlilent to one and a half twin beds.

In European countries French beds are beginning to lose popularity because it is does not contain enough room for two people. You can still find them in a lot of hotels, motels, and other lodging locations. Some households will use French beds in their homes because they have grown use to the size. It just comes down to what you prefer.

French style beds usually have head boards and foot boards that are beautifully hand carved or crafted. They are typically constructed from iron or wood. A lot of french style beds are antiques now but they are still durable and serve as reliable bed frames for today's use. They are still producing beds that still have the French characteristics but the style is a vintage style and replicates the vintage look. If you are looking for a more modern style bed you may want to opt out of looking into French beds.

Since a lot of the beds are antiques you can always find a beat up antique bed and restore it yourself. Most of the time all you need to do is sand it with sand paper and add a stain or a layer of varnish. The most authentic style available is be found by using or restoring a true antique. Of course a newer bed won't require any work but you won't get the true authentic look and feel.

The French bed is a thing of beauty and can be the perfect furniture piece to brighten up any room or bedroom.  The sense of class and elegance it gives off creates a room of beauty.  Whether you decide to restore an antique or buy a brand new model you will be sure to impress anyone who steps foot in your room.

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Where can I find fonts like these vintage French ones?

I have already been to most of the larger "free" font sites, so please don't give me fonts.com or acidfonts.com. I am looking for non-stiff, handpainted-looking scripts like on these posters:

Try Dafont.com. They have lots of fonts under the categories you're looking for (although Vintage-style fonts are listed under Retro). Try these links below and see if these will suit you well.

Vintage French Provincial Dresser distressed a la Shabby Chic