Bookspots - France
PARIS
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Shop with beautiful papers and stationery products. One of our absolute favourites in Paris. The Rue du Pont Louis-Philippe a.k.a. The Paper Street has many nice little paper and stationery shops. Don't miss this street if you are visiting Paris. |
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Papier+ is a shop with their own designed products in a wide palette of fun colours. |
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An old family business selling everything you need for traditional bookbinding. |
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Picture framing store which also offers papers, craft materials and more. You can find their stores all over France. |
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Sofic sells some bookbinding leather but mostly leather for other industries so it's a great place to find unusual stuff. |
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Jullien caters mostly for the luxury leathergoods industry but they do a goat which is breathtaking. |
Jullien |
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Poulain offers a wide choice of suede goat and pig skins in amazing colours. |
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The non-profit organisation Les Trois Ourses (The three bears) focuses on the artistic education of children. Great books for adults too. They distribute hard-to-find books, publishes unusual works, conceives and curates exhibitions, and develops training programs and workshops around books by artists. *Recommended by Bettina Pauly |
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| Famous librarian in Paris with old bindings. |
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Art supply store. |
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J-B Alivon has been manufacturing hot stamping tools in bronze since 1812. They still make types/letters in bronze, single pattern hand tools, line hand tools, etc. |
Maison Alivon
AMBERT (AUVERGNE)
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Paper mill museum. *Recommended by Marja Wilgenkamp |
Moulin Richard de Bas
COUZE (DORDOGNE)
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Paper mill built in the 13th century, still producing traditional/hand made papers. They have a little shop where they sell their beautiful papers. *Recommended by Marja Wilgenkamp |
PONT-A-MOUSSON
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Museum with everyday life objects made of Papier marché. *Recommended by Marlene Hoogeveen |
PUYMOYEN
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Paper mill that makes artisan papers since 1539. |
Le Moulin du Verger - Papeterie
ROUSSILLON (PROVENCE)
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The Mathieu Plant is a former ochre factory that produced about 1,000 tons of ochre per year from 1921 to 1963. There is a shop that sells pigment colours and other nice artist materials and they give guided tours. Highly recommended! The town Roussillon is also nice to visit with many galleries and colourful houses. |
The Mathieu Ochre Factory / ôkhra
SAINT-SAUVEUR (BRETAGNE)
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Paper mill in Bretagne. Ateliers d'Art Papier. You can see the work of a bookbinder and paper maker. They sell handmade paper made of linen, hemp, ferns and peat. *Recommended by Anne-Marie Burger |
Moulin de Kereon
VALREAS (VAUCLUSE)
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Box making and printing museum. |
Musee du Cartonnage et de L'imprimerie