Found in Avignon, this late 19th-century French board was cut from a single pale plank, with an arched top crowned by a small drilled hole for hanging. The deep stains and worn hollow at the center come from a lifetime of bread, the kind of board that lived on the kitchen wall and came down for every loaf; French boards like this were often called planches à pain, kept close to the table and used so daily they wore into the wood itself. The crack rising from the base and the dark patina are the marks of real work, never sanded away. Sylvie hangs it from its original hole beside the stove, or leans it on a counter behind a board of cheese and a knife.
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