Laundress next to washhouse 9 cm

Before running water, every village in Provence had its wash house, often sheltered under a tiled roof and fed by a spring or fountain. Women came there to wash and rinse the linen. They were called bugadières, from « bugade », the Provençal word for laundry. Kneeling at the edge of the basin, they worked hard, but the wash house remained their favorite meeting place.

Our Bugadière by the Wash House pays tribute to this age-old ritual. The wash house, created by our workshop in 2019, accompanies the santon to form a traditional, typically Provençal scene. Place it near a fountain, pond or the river in your Nativity scene, and complete it with the laundress, the soap carrier or the kneeling washerwoman.

At 9 cm, the family size par excellence, the gestures and details of the linen read with precision. The santon is made in our Aix-en-Provence workshop: regional clay, hand finishing, slow drying, firing up to 960 °C, paint applied detail by detail.

The scene is on display at our shop-workshop at 65 cours Gambetta. When ordered online, each piece is wrapped separately in paper and then bubble wrap and shipped within 2 to 3 business days.