Washhouse 9 cm

Before the washing machine, laundry was done by hand, and the village wash house was where all the women met. They arrived with arms full, knelt at the edge of the basin, and while hands scrubbed and rinsed, tongues wagged. Joys, sorrows, weddings and rumors: everything was known at the wash house.

In the 9 cm collection, our plaster wash house makes for a particularly lively scene. It accompanies the bugadière, the laundress, the kneeling washerwoman and the soap carrier of the same size, whose gestures and expressions are then clearly visible. It is a scene often placed in the foreground of the Nativity scene, so much does it catch the eye of young and old alike.

It is handmade in our Aix workshop. Four generations of the Fouque family have kept this workshop alive, founded in 1934 and since honored with the Living Heritage Company (Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant) and Ateliers d'Art de France labels.

Come and see the wash house and its washerwomen in our shop at 65 cours Gambetta, in Aix-en-Provence. It is individually wrapped (paper and then bubble wrap) and ships within 2 to 3 business days.