- published: 24 Mar 2017
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Bric-à-brac or bric-a-brac (origin French), first used in the Victorian era, refers to lesser objets d'art forming collections of curios, such as elaborately decorated teacups and small vases, compositions of feathers or wax flowers under glass domes, decorated eggshells, porcelain figurines, painted miniatures or photographs in stand-up frames, and so on.
In middle-class homes bric-à-brac was used as ornament on mantelpieces, tables, and shelves, or was displayed in curio cabinets: sometimes these cabinets have glass doors to display the items within while protecting them from dust. Today, "bric-à-brac" refers to a selection of items of modest value, often sold in street markets.
Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman, Jr., in The Decoration of Houses (1897), distinguished three gradations of quality in such "household ornaments": bric-à-brac, bibelots (trinkets) and objets d'art.
We start by reminiscing on our first meeting at Kawa Cafe. Then do some shopping at Storeroom Vintage. And wrap with a shoot for Pretty Poison.
Music video by Priscilla performing Bric A Brac. (C) 2005 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT France
Just thirteen episodes of this Brian Cant starring kids tv programme were made - but perhaps because of the fun name, it stuck in the memory of a whole generation. The irony of Brian playing an old man here, and actually being an old man in real life now shouldn't be lost on you. We're getting old :/ Bonus fact - Brian Cant wasn't the Man from Del Monte in the adverts. Ignore the many people who claim he was, it was actually Brian Jackson, a jobbing actor who has no real roles of note. http://www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2014/01/bric-brac.html Brian Cant as narrator of Cinderella: http://goo.gl/aNXeU3
Christopher Walken, John Madden, and Morgan Freeman go to Burning Man to get high and have a good time. But killer bees and Dennis Hopper's mysterious murder create a lot of burning questions. Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/aaronyonda (Matt) http://www.twitter.com/mattsloan11
Damien Robitaille chante Bric a brac sur la rue St-Hubert pour l'emission Mange ta ville. Damien est un franco-ontarien qui est maintenant rendu à Montréal.
Bric-A-Brac. Museum scene in The Deep Blue Sea (2011). Tom Hiddleston and Rachel Weiss.
People are so sad and I know why
With no chance to live before you die
You get pretty sick if you hafta
Keep it inside
I wanna build a house where an ad don't scream
I wanna live in peace-quietly
I wanna have a place of love and safety
People oughta live how and where they want
People oughta have respect in front
People oughta get along pretty O.K.
So get off my dick
I'm building it brick by brick
Brick by brick
I'm building a house where I can think
And have some balance and dignity
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I'm huilding a house where the weak are strong
I'm building a house with a real song
I'm using faith that is immortal
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and the way that we feel, you and me
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So get off my dick
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Brick by brick
Now I'm looking at just a little time
So be it-I want to
Be true to my simple heart
And not put nothing else above it
Brick by brick
Brick by brick
Brick by brick
Brick by brick