Lamps, table lamps, suspensions, as practical as they are aesthetic, help to create a warm atmosphere in any interior. Unique pieces, in sober and elegant colors, which testify to a real taste for French savoir-vivre. Imagine your vase with imposing dimensions, superbly dressing your living room, or one of our coffee tables, a set of mat and shine in which the flames of your fireplace are reflected. Perhaps you prefer our tables, chic and discreet, to highlight your decorative objects. Works always carried out by hand, exclusively in natural materials: earth, clay and colored enamels or precious enamels. A unique know-how in France, an ancestral technique, which is an integral part of our national heritage. A cultural heritage saved, preserved, transmitted,
“DEEP BOTANIC”: collections produced with the greatest respect for traditional earthenware craftsmanship, perfectly mixing history and modernity. The heart of the collections is embodied by one or more “large format” pieces which are the pillars of these. The depth of range is oriented, on the other hand, towards objects on more modest scales. For each piece the process is the same, it begins with the hand-making of plaster molds from the drawings and quotes of the designers. The earth is poured into the mold, and dries for several hours to form the thickness of the pieces. The molds are then removed, the formed part dries again in the open air. Then follows the finishing stage where the various defects and roughness are erased by hand and with a knife. The time of the first cooking follows, the room becomes a biscuit ”, terracotta and porous. The time for coloring has then come. True know-how in their own right, the colors developed by the Faïencerie are carefully applied by spray gun to the piece. It undergoes a second firing to fix the enamel. Time is then to discover the object, witness of the know-how of the Faïencerie de Charolles, and the collaboration of qualified and expert craftsmen.
100% French manufacturing and handmade, all the collections represent a heritage, a cultural heritage, a transmission, which is why we can say that the past meets the present. They are inseparable from each other. The new creations are only the result of a hundred years of repeated know-how, improved techniques, ceaseless innovations. The work of men and women of the region, who have participated in transmitting this ancestral know-how, offering a cultural value but also a refuge value to each of the creations. La Faïencerie de Charolles, a major player in interior design and the world of ceramics. Tables, vases, lights, in small and large formats, which adapt to any interior, modern or contemporary. A set of elements as practical as they are decorative offering 1001 possibilities of layouts. From small furnishings to figurative ceramics, La Faïencerie de Charolles offers quality, aesthetics, originality, as well as a piece of our country’s history. Buying a piece of the Faïencerie de Charolles is participating in bringing the art of earthenware to life, and protecting our craftsmanship and our French heritage.