Bistro table with a cast iron base and a traffic sign as a tabletop, Paris 1920s.

Elegant bistro table from the 1920s with a sturdy cast iron base. The base is marked: "BASTILLE, VERIERE, PARIS". The Maison Veriere was a famous café in the Bastille district of Paris, located on the Cour Damoye. The table has since been fitted with a signage panel (the marble top likely broke at some point). Height: 70 cm. Ø: 50 cm. Origin: France, 1920s. Material: cast iron, enamelled steel. Cour Damoye: With a length of just over 120 metres and a width of 6 metres, the Cour Damoye connects the Place de la Bastille and the Rue Daval. The passage was restored in the 1990s and reopened to the public in June 1999. As soon as you leave the chaos of the busy Place de la Bastille, you enter one of the most beautiful alleys in Paris. Shops and workshops with houses covered in wisteria above, no cars. Where ragpickers, pickpockets, and prostitutes once reigned, today there are communication and design agencies, boutiques, and apartments.