French Grain Table

This 19th-century French grain bin, discovered near Avignon, conceals a barrel-shaped interior once used for storing harvested grain through the winter months. Its hinged lid, solid oak frame, and graceful cabriole legs reflect the understated ingenuity of provincial furniture makers who valued practicality wrapped in quiet beauty. Sylvie imagines it now as a breakfast table or console - something that still invites the ritual of daily gathering, just as it did centuries ago in a farmhouse kitchen.