{"title":"Maps of France","description":"\u003ch3\u003eTwo kinds of map, one country\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur maps of France in wood answer two different questions. The wine maps divide the country by wine region, with the vineyards raised on the wood – the France a wine label refers to. The regional maps divide it by région and département, which is the France of postal codes, holidays and where people are from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBoth are cut and engraved the same way. What differs is which lines are drawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat do the wine maps show?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrance by wine region – Champagne, Lorraine, Alsace, Bourgogne, Jura, Savoie-Bugey, Beaujolais, the Vallée du Rhône, Provence-Corse, Languedoc-Roussillon, the Sud-Ouest, Bordeaux and the Vallée de la Loire – each named with its grape varieties, and the vineyards raised on the base in paler and darker tones, so that Bordeaux, the Loire, Burgundy and the Rhône stand off the wood. Under them the départements, the towns and the wine villages are engraved: Volnay, Pommard and Meursault, the Médoc, Graves and Entre-Deux-Mers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo of them are framed panels that arrive assembled and hang from the fixing built into the back, one on a cool cream ground in dark walnut and one on warm parchment in light oak. The third has no background at all: the country and a separate engraved badge for each wine region, shaped like an ice bucket, a barrel or a corkscrew, mounted straight onto the wall. All three are in our \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/wine-maps\"\u003eWine Maps\u003c\/a\u003e collection with their Italian cousins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat do the regional maps show?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe thirteen regions, Corsica included, cut as separate pieces, each in its own shade, with the départements engraved inside them – their boundaries drawn as fine lines and their names set within – and the towns named: not only Paris, Lyon and Marseille but Alençon, Cholet and Chartres. On the flat maps small wooden landmarks sit on the regions: Mont-Saint-Michel on Normandie, the Eiffel Tower on Paris, Chambord on Centre-Val de Loire, a sailing ship off Bretagne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt 50 × 51 cm that level of detail is possible in a way it is not on a world map, where France is one shape. Here it is a hundred named places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree versions: Graphite in slate and grey, Multicolor in warm browns and creams, and a 3D Multicolor cut from stacked plies, so that each region stands off the wall and the boundaries between them are physical steps. The 3D map adds the rivers as engraved lines and leaves the landmark figures out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhich map for which person?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe wine maps are for someone whose relationship with France runs through what they drink. The regional maps are for someone whose relationship runs through where they have been, where they are from, or where they go every August.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat second group is narrower than a world map's and more precise. With a world map you cannot get it wrong; here the person either has a connection to France or does not, and if they do, the detail is the whole point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere does each one hang?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe regional maps are small – 50 × 51 cm, roughly a large framed photograph – and flat enough to sit beside other things in a hallway or above a desk. The wine panels at 65 × 65 cm are square and want to be the object on their wall. The piece-by-piece wine map wants more space again, since the region badges spread outward from the country as far as you place them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat these maps are not\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDecorative rather than authoritative. Boundaries are simplified to what can be cut and read at this scale, and on the wine maps the smallest designations are grouped rather than drawn separately. A sommelier or a cartographer will find omissions.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"carte-de-france-en-bois-3d-multicolore","title":"3D Wooden Map of France, Multicolor","description":"\u003ch3\u003eFrance by region, then by département\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe map is cut so that each of the thirteen metropolitan regions is a separate wooden shape in its own shade: Bretagne in rust, Pays de la Loire in pale cream, Nouvelle-Aquitaine in dark walnut, Occitanie in burnt orange. Corsica is the thirteenth, sitting apart to the lower right, as it does on the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInside each region the départements are engraved rather than cut, with their boundaries drawn as fine lines and their names set within them. The region names run in larger lettering across each shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe level of detail this actually carries\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery département is named. So are the towns – not only Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Strasbourg, but Alençon, Cholet, Rodez and Carcassonne. Rivers are engraved as thin lines running across the regions rather than stopping at boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe practical effect is that this reads as a real reference map from close up, in a way that a world map at this size cannot. On a world map France is one shape; here it is a hundred named places, and the first thing every French visitor does is lean in and look for theirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho this is for, and it is a narrower group\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA world map is bought for what it looks like as often as for where the buyer has been. This one is bought about France specifically: by someone who lives there, comes from there, has moved away from there, or spends their holidays in one particular corner of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt also works differently as a gift. With a world map you cannot get it wrong. With this one, the person receiving it either has a relationship with France or does not, and the level of engraved detail matters mainly to the first group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat the layers do at this size\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe regions are cut from stacked plies, so each sits proud of the wall and casts its own shadow, and the boundaries between regions are physical steps rather than printed lines. At 50 × 51 cm the whole map is roughly the size of a large framed photograph, so those shadows are fine rather than dramatic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the smallest of our relief maps. That has a practical consequence: unlike our world maps it does not need to dominate a wall, and it can sit beside other things – in a hallway, between windows, above a desk – without needing clear space around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne thing to check before you order\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe engraving is in French. Region names, département names and towns all use their French forms, which is correct for the subject but worth knowing if the map is going to somebody who reads no French. Unlike our world maps, this one is not offered in an English version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eLiving with it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe same care as the larger maps, with one difference that comes from the scale. The engraved département lines are fine, and dust settles into them more readily than it does on a plain surface. A soft dry brush clears them; a damp cloth will smear rather than lift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKeep it out of direct sunlight, which lightens the pale regions faster than the dark ones and gradually flattens the distinction between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFrance three ways\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe make the country in three forms. This relief map is the wall piece. The \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/2d-multicolor-wooden-map-of-france\"\u003e2D version\u003c\/a\u003e is flatter, lighter and quieter on the wall. And the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/france-discovery-wooden-puzzle\"\u003eFrance Discovery puzzle\u003c\/a\u003e is the same shape as an evening's work: an illustrated tour you assemble yourself before it becomes decor. The stains here match our \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-multicolor\"\u003eMulticolor world map\u003c\/a\u003e – hung in the same home, they read as a set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne honest limitation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a decorative object rather than a cartographic instrument. The engraving reaches an astonishing number of towns, but not all of them – the smallest communes are left out, and boundaries are simplified at this scale. If yours is missing, write to us and we will commiserate; the wood is only so wide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256693211267,"sku":"CM048","price":69.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/188.jpg?v=1780866735"},{"product_id":"carte-de-france-en-bois-2d-multicolore","title":"2D Wooden Map of France, Multicolor","description":"\u003ch3\u003eFrance, region by region, in warm wood\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach of the thirteen regions is cut as its own piece in its own shade, cream, honey, chestnut, dark walnut and a grey-brown, with Corsica set apart to the lower right as it is on the ground. Inside each region the départements are engraved rather than cut, their boundaries drawn as fine lines with the names set within them, and the towns engraved between: not only Paris, Lyon and Marseille but Alençon, Cholet and Chartres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWarm throughout, which is what separates it from our \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/2d-graphite-wooden-map-of-france\"\u003eGraphite version\u003c\/a\u003e of the same map. Against pale walls and light wood furniture it belongs; against cold grey or navy the Graphite does better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA landmark on nearly every region\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSmall wooden figures sit on the regions: Mont-Saint-Michel on Normandie, the Eiffel Tower on Paris, the cathedral and a champagne bottle on Grand Est, Château de Chambord on Centre-Val de Loire, a sailing ship off Bretagne, a wedge of cheese on Pays de la Loire, a bottle on Nouvelle-Aquitaine, grapes on Bourgogne, the Puy de Dôme on Auvergne, a castle on Occitanie, a yacht on Provence. They are the first thing a French visitor looks for, right after their own town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMore named places than a world map carries\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt this scale that level of detail is possible in a way it is not on a world map, where France is one shape. Here it is a hundred named places, and the map reads as a reference from close up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho buys it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePeople with a relationship to a particular part of France rather than to the country in general: someone who lives there, comes from there, moved away, or spends every summer in one corner of it. That makes it a narrower gift than a world map. With a world map you cannot get it wrong; with this one the recipient either has a connection to France or does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSmall, flat, and easy to place\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e50 × 51 cm and 4 mm thick, roughly the size of a large framed photograph and projecting almost nothing from the wall. Unlike our world maps it does not need to dominate a wall, and it sits beside other things: in a hallway, between windows, above a desk. It goes up on double-sided tape in a couple of hours, outer pieces first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne thing to know before ordering\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe engraving is in French. Region names, départements and towns all use their French forms, which is correct for the subject and worth knowing if the map is going to someone who reads none. There is no English version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eLiving with it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe engraved département lines are fine and collect dust more readily than a plain surface. A soft dry brush clears them; a damp cloth smears rather than lifts. Keep it out of direct sun, which lightens the pale regions faster than the dark ones and gradually flattens the distinction between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFrance three ways\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the flat version. The \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/multicolor-3d-wooden-map-of-france\"\u003erelief map\u003c\/a\u003e stacks each region so it stands off the wall and casts a shadow; the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/2d-graphite-wooden-map-of-france\"\u003eGraphite\u003c\/a\u003e is this same map in slate and grey. If the interest is wine rather than geography, the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/wine-maps\"\u003ewine maps of France\u003c\/a\u003e divide the country by vineyard instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne honest limitation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA decorative object rather than a cartographic instrument. Coastlines are simplified and the smallest features are omitted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256693342339,"sku":"CM050","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/2d-multi.jpg?v=1780866740"},{"product_id":"carte-de-france-en-bois-2d-graphite","title":"2D Wooden Map of France, Graphite","description":"\u003ch3\u003eFrance in slate and grey\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe same thirteen regions as our Multicolor map, cut as separate pieces, but in a cool palette: near-black, slate, a mid grey, with a few regions in cream and honey to keep it from going flat. Corsica sits apart to the lower right. Inside each region the départements are engraved with their names, and the towns between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the version for a room that already has warm wood in it, or for cold-toned walls where the warm map would fight the colour. Against navy, dark green or white it holds its own; against oak furniture it does not compete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA landmark on nearly every region\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe same small wooden figures as on the Multicolor map: Mont-Saint-Michel on Normandie, the Eiffel Tower on Paris, the cathedral and a champagne bottle on Grand Est, Château de Chambord on Centre-Val de Loire, a sailing ship off Bretagne, a wedge of cheese on Pays de la Loire, a bottle on Nouvelle-Aquitaine, grapes on Bourgogne, the Puy de Dôme on Auvergne, a castle on Occitanie, a yacht on Provence. On the dark regions they read as silhouettes; on the pale ones as drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEngraving on a mixed ground\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe lettering burns dark, so on the cream and honey regions it is crisp from across a room and on the slate ones it asks you to come closer. Reading this map is a game of near and far, and the pale regions are where a visitor starts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSmall, flat, and easy to place\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e50 × 51 cm and 4 mm thick, roughly a large framed photograph, projecting almost nothing from the wall. It sits beside other things, in a hallway, between windows, above a desk, and goes up on double-sided tape in a couple of hours, outer pieces first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne thing to know before ordering\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe engraving is in French: region names, départements and towns all use their French forms. There is no English version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eLiving with it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDark surfaces show dust sooner than pale ones, and the fine département lines hold it. A soft dry brush clears them; a damp cloth smears. Keep it out of direct sun, which fades the dark regions unevenly and shows the difference between the sunlit and shaded halves more plainly than on the warm map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFrance three ways\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the flat version in cool tones. The \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/2d-multicolor-wooden-map-of-france\"\u003eMulticolor\u003c\/a\u003e is the same map in warm woods; the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/multicolor-3d-wooden-map-of-france\"\u003erelief map\u003c\/a\u003e stacks each region so it stands off the wall. If the interest is wine, the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/wine-maps\"\u003ewine maps of France\u003c\/a\u003e divide the country by vineyard instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne honest limitation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA decorative object rather than a cartographic instrument. Coastlines are simplified and the smallest features are omitted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256693375107,"sku":"CM051","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/2d-graphite.jpg?v=1780866741"},{"product_id":"carte-des-vins-de-france-en-bois","title":"Wooden wine map of France","description":"\u003ch3\u003eNo chart, no frame, no panel\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrance cut in wood and mounted straight onto the wall, 60 cm across, with the vineyards raised on it and a separate badge for each wine region placed around it. There is nothing behind the map; the wall is the paper. That is the difference between this and our panels, and it changes how the map reads: a framed chart hangs among other framed things, this is an object on a wall, and it needs the wall to itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThirteen badges, each shaped like something from the trade\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn ice bucket for Champagne, a corkscrew for Lorraine, a glass for Alsace, a barrel for Bourgogne, a vine leaf shared by the Jura and Savoie-Bugey, a jug for Beaujolais, a bottle for the Vallée de la Loire, a basket of grapes for Provence-Corse, a castle for Languedoc-Roussillon, a round barrel end for Bordeaux, leaves for the Sud-Ouest, a badge of its own for the Vallée du Rhône, and Corsica as its own island. Each badge is engraved with the region name and the grape varieties grown there, so the map is a reference as well as a picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe base is engraved too: the wine villages and vignobles sit on the wood between the départements and the towns – Volnay, Pommard, Meursault and Chablis in Burgundy, the Médoc, Graves, Entre-Deux-Mers and Sauternais around Bordeaux, Bergerac, Cahors and Marmande in the Sud-Ouest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhere the badges go is your decision. Placed tight against the coastline the map stays compact; spread wider it fills considerably more wall than its 60 cm suggests. Lay the whole arrangement out on the floor before any tape goes on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe relief is yours to build\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe map arrives as flat boards. You press the country out, then the vineyard pieces, which come on their own boards already taped: peel the backing and set each one onto the map following the outlines engraved as guides, and Bordeaux, the Loire, Burgundy and the Rhône rise off the base in their own tones. It is a small, satisfying piece of work, and the reason the box says \"à assembler soi-même\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMounting\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen short strips of the double-sided tape go on the back of each piece and it goes up, outer pieces first, badges last. Allow an hour or two. Nothing is drilled and nothing is permanent, though moving it later means fresh tape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWall, board, or frame\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt can be mounted directly on a wall, on a board, or inside a frame of your own, as several of our photos show, which contains the badges and turns the piece into something closer to a panel. If you want that finished look without the work, the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/france-wine-map-on-white-panel\"\u003ewhite\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/france-wine-map-on-beige-panel\"\u003ebeige panels\u003c\/a\u003e are the same map already framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFrance or Italy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/wooden-wine-map-of-italy\"\u003ewooden wine map of Italy\u003c\/a\u003e uses the same system for the other great wine country, with its twenty regions and badges shaped like jugs, glasses and corks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne honest limitation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDecorative rather than authoritative. Vineyard boundaries are simplified to what can be cut at this scale and the smallest designations are grouped. Someone who knows Burgundy well will find omissions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256693604483,"sku":"CM058","price":69.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/D0_9C_D0_A3_D0_9B_D0_AC_D0_A2_D0_98-2.jpg?v=1780866744"},{"product_id":"tableau-carte-des-vins-de-france-panneau-beige","title":"France Wine Map on Beige Panel","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe parchment version\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe same wooden France and the same printed chart as our white panel, on a smooth warm beige ground inside a light oak frame, 65 × 65 cm. Nothing is different about the map itself; the ground and the frame are the entire decision, and they make this the warmer and quieter of the two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy the warm ground changes it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the white panel the wooden France stands against a pale field with a weathered edge and reads as an object placed on an old chart. Here the wood, the ground and the frame belong to the same family, so the map reads as one thing, closer to marquetry than to a mounted piece. It is the easier of the two to live with in a room that already has strong colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is cut and what is printed\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrance is a warm brown base with the départements and towns engraved and the region names cut into the wood; the vineyards are raised on top as separate pieces in lighter and darker tones, standing off the base. Around the edge the chart repeats each region with its grape varieties under it, joined by a leader line, with a title cartouche and a wine seal in the corners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere it belongs\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWarm interiors: oak furniture, terracotta, exposed brick, a kitchen with wood in it. Against a cool grey or white room it works less hard than the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/france-wine-map-on-white-panel\"\u003ewhite panel\u003c\/a\u003e does. It arrives assembled and hangs from the fixing built into the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003ePanel or pieces\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/wooden-wine-map-of-france-58-58-cm\"\u003ewooden wine map of France\u003c\/a\u003e is the same country without a chart or a frame, its region badges mounted straight on the wall around it, for a wall that can be given to one object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne honest limitation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDecorative rather than authoritative. Vineyard boundaries are simplified to what can be cut and read at this scale, and the smallest designations are grouped. Someone who knows the regions well will notice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256695144579,"sku":"TCF01","price":139.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/S-2-2_0300fcf7-b5e3-49ad-b26c-abaaf658f959.jpg?v=1780866796"},{"product_id":"tableau-carte-des-vins-de-france-panneau-blanc","title":"France Wine Map on White Panel","description":"\u003ch3\u003eA wine chart, framed and ready\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrance cut in wood and mounted on a printed chart, inside a dark walnut frame, 65 × 65 cm. The chart is pale cream with a weathered, mottled border, faint vine leaves and grape circles drawn into it, a title cartouche top left and a round wine seal bottom left, so the whole object reads as an old chart rather than a new print. It arrives assembled and hangs from the fixing built into the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow the wood and the printing share the work\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe wood carries the map: France as a warm brown base with the départements and towns engraved, Paris marked with a star, the region names cut into the wood, and the vineyards raised on top as separate pieces in paler and darker tones, so Bordeaux, the Loire, Burgundy and the Rhône stand off the base and throw a shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe printing carries what wood cannot at this size: around the edge, each region is named again with its grape varieties listed under it, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay under Bourgogne, Merlot and Cabernet under Bordeaux, joined to the map by a leader line. It is the difference between a map you look at and one you read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere it belongs\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSquare, which places it comfortably over a sideboard or between cupboards where a landscape format would not sit. The dark frame and the aged ground suit a kitchen or dining room with some depth to it, and a room of framed things, where a borderless wooden map would not group with anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhite or beige\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe same map on two grounds. This one is the cooler and the more antique: cream with a weathered edge, in dark wood. The \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/france-wine-map-on-beige-panel\"\u003ebeige panel\u003c\/a\u003e is a smooth warm parchment in a light oak frame, quieter in a warm room. Neither is more detailed than the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003ePanel or pieces\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you would rather build the map yourself and let the wall be the chart, the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/wooden-wine-map-of-france-58-58-cm\"\u003ewooden wine map of France\u003c\/a\u003e is the same country with its region badges mounted around it, and no frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne honest limitation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDecorative rather than authoritative. Vineyard boundaries are simplified to what can be cut and read at this scale, and the smallest designations are grouped. 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