Antique Cutting Board - VI

Found in a small village outside Lyon, this antique French cutting board was hand-carved from a single piece of wood, with a tall rectangular body and a small squared tab handle rising from the top, a scooped curve cut into the edge on either side of it. Boards shaped like this lived in the kitchens of the Lyonnais countryside, used for everything that needed a flat surface, from bread to onions to whatever came in from the garden. The face is scored in every direction from a lifetime of knife work, the wood darkened to a deep honey where hands and food wore it smooth. Sylvie leans it against the wall behind a bowl of tomatoes, or lays it flat with a round of cheese and a small knife on top.

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