Tag: French Prudential

  • YSaC, Vol. 209: Shouldn’t we have prevented the Germans, instead?

    4 pcs french preventional dining room set – $275


    China cabinet and serving/buffet table in great condition
    table and 6 chairs.
    the table has a leaf, the chairs all need to be re-apolsterd.
    cash and carry xxx-xxx-xxxx

    That “thud” sound you hear is me banging my head on the desk. Repeatedly.

    As if French Prudential wasn’t bad enough, now we have French Preventional. What, exactly, are they preventing? Whatever it is, they’re French — it won’t work! It will be like the Maginot Line of furniture. The chairs will launch an aerial assault on the china cabinet and the buffet table will surrender immediately.

  • YSaC, Vol. 205: The finest, handcrafted Italian French furniture.

    An update! Qu’elle surprise … for some inexplicable reason, some French Prudential furniture that was listed earlier on Craigslist did not sell (mon Dieu!), so they’ve dropped the price and are trying again.

    french prudential corner china closet – $300


    1 corner china closet ,french prudential

    call any time #xxx-xxx-xxxx

    french prudential furniture set – $4000


    For $4000 or best offer you will be getting 4 piece sofa set ,3 piece table set,a small bar stand,two lamps,1 big mirrow . that’s a 11 piece set .all french prudential al italian made,it could be sold seperately or togethere

    call any time #xxx-xxx-xxxx

    It’s nice to see that some things don’t change, including a complete disregard for common rules of punctuation and spelling, n’est-ce pas? However, we now find out that French Prudential furniture is made by some Italian named Al.

    And I’m kind of liking the word “togethere”. It implies that everyone in a group is all in the same place, and is somewhere else … over there. They are togethere. It is, how the French say, le mot juste.

  • YSaC, Vol. CXLII

    White dresser 9 drawer french prudential – $110


    White French prudential dresser with 9 drawers. Really beautiful piece of furniture, goes well with everything. Its in fine condition, very well maintained. Take advantage of this marvelous deal, no where else can you take home such a lovely piece for just $110. This is a great price for this item. Hurry before this sell. [advertising stuff for business cut]

    Now even furniture stores on the West coast are doing it!

    Goes well with everything? You mean, it goes well with the other furniture that people have listed under a furniture style that doesn’t exist?

  • YSaC, Vol. CXXV

    They just keep coming.

    Bedroom set – French Prudential – $400


    Antique off white with light blue trim includes headboard, huge mens chest, long bureau with two mirrors and nightstand. This set is very heavy and oversized. There is also another long bureau which does not belong to the set which is available for $50 which looks similar. xxx-xxx-xxxx

    Seriously. I’m going to start my own furniture style and call it the Norwegian Allstate style. (That came just after the Belgian Geico style, and just before the Spanish Metropolitan Life style.)

  • YSaC, Vol. CXIX

    But wait, there’s yet more French Prudential furniture! These are all from the same East coast city, all posted by the same person. In fact, I have a more than sneaking suspicion that the person posting these items is the same person who posted three French Prudential couches and a china “closet” a while back. Sadly, there are no pictures with these four (!) listings, so my exploration into this previously unknown furniture design period will have to continue to determine what the actual qualities of “French Prudential” furniture are.

    french prudential lounge couch – $400


    beautiful gold french prudential lounging couch brand new never been used its still covered by its plastic

    call anytime #xxx-xxx-xxxx

    french prudential corner china closet – $400


    1 corner china closet ,french prudential

    call any time #xxx-xxx-xxxx

    french prudential furniture set $4500 or bo – $4500


    For $4500 or best offer you will be getting 4 piece sofa set ,3 piece table set,a small bar stand,two lamps,1 big mirrow . that’s a 11 piece set .all french prudential hardly used only about 4 times

    call any time #xxx-xxx-xxxx

    french prudential dining table $2000 obo – $2000


    1 big dining table with 8 chairs.

    call any time #xxx-xxx-xxxx

    Hey, at least you get a mirrow with the furniture set. And it’s only been looked at 4 times.

  • YSaC, Vol. CXVI

    Vintage retro antique couch, nice embrodery!! – $125


    Unique Vintage couch with lovely embroidery/flower stitching in blue, orange and olive green. No stains, tears, no rips. Approx 7’2″ long. French prudential type piece from an antique store. Paid $599, sacrifice $125. Couch is outlined in a stained wood/gold frame. Very nice. Call xxx-xxx-xxxx

    Seriously, is there a French Prudential period? I’ve looked repeatedly and I can’t find any reference to a French Prudential period outside of the other Craigslists posts that have mentioned it.

    Also: Vintage, retro or antique. Pick one.