{"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","url":"https:\/\/creatifwood.fr\/en\/products\/2d-multicolor-wooden-map-of-france","provider":"Creatifwood","version":"1.0","type":"link"}