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The restored lavoir at Bonnat straddling a small stream
A lavoir (wash-house) is a public place set aside for the washing of clothes. Communal washing places were common in Europe until industrial washing was introduced, and this process in turn was replaced by domestic washing machines and by launderettes. The English word is borrowed from the French language, which also uses the expression bassin public, "public basin".
A lavoir (wash-house) is a public place set aside for the washing of clothes. Communal washing places were common in Europe until industrial washing was...
that the spring was the reason for the siting of the village. An elaborate lavoir was built around the spring in the 18th century. The Fosse Dionne is a hydrogeological...
Mougins (French pronunciation: [muʒɛ̃]; Occitan: Mogins [muˈʒis]; Latin: Muginum [muːˈɡiːnũː]) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the region...
Ouvrage Le Lavoir Is a work (gros ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also called the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists...
Modigliani and other artists lived and worked in a building called Le Bateau-Lavoir during the years 1904–1909, where Picasso painted one of his most important...
Ruiz-Picasso (grandson) José Ruiz y Blasco (father) Residences (France) Bateau-Lavoir (Montmartre Paris) Villa La Vigie (Juan-les-Pins, Summer 1924) Château de...
Muller v. Oregon Pearson v. Chung Yick Wo v. Hopkins Places Baths and wash houses in Britain Dhobi Ghat Laundry room Lavoir Self-service laundry Tvättstuga...
Apollinaire, Amedeo Modigliani and Pablo Picasso squatted at the Bateau-Lavoir, in Montmartre, Paris. Paris moved to legitimize some popular artist squats...
Muller v. Oregon Pearson v. Chung Yick Wo v. Hopkins Places Baths and wash houses in Britain Dhobi Ghat Laundry room Lavoir Self-service laundry Tvättstuga...
Ruiz-Picasso (grandson) José Ruiz y Blasco (father) Residences (France) Bateau-Lavoir (Montmartre Paris) Villa La Vigie (Juan-les-Pins, Summer 1924) Château de...
Soon thereafter, Stein introduced Toklas to Pablo Picasso at his Bateau-Lavoir studio, where he was at work on Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. In 1908, they...
Muller v. Oregon Pearson v. Chung Yick Wo v. Hopkins Places Baths and wash houses in Britain Dhobi Ghat Laundry room Lavoir Self-service laundry Tvättstuga...
held a half serious, half burlesque banquet in his studio at Le Bateau-Lavoir in Rousseau's honour. Le Banquet Rousseau, "one of the most notable social...
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