Atelier Daguerre
Fairy Tales Organic Cotton Baby
T-Shirts

These soft, made-in-the-USA organic cotton baby/toddler tees amuse and delight little children, who love the stories. The cream-colored shirts feature brown silkscreened snippets from wonderful European fairy tales, the forebears of the watered-down versions of today. Not Disney; these fairy tale harken from another time. They celebrate the beauty of a flower and the buzz of a bee without sparing what is odd and nervous-making. 6-12 months. The snippets are:

He drew out his little box and opened it. Immediately there issued a little crowd of workmen, not larger than bees, who filled the room. They began to work with such promptitude that in a quarter of an hour they had built and furnished a beautiful house in the midst of a lovely garden with a thick wood on one side and a beautiful meadow on the other.

Opposite her was a little stool for the cat, before whom was a little porringer of gold, filled with little fried fish and the thighs of snipes. At one side was a bowl of rich crystal filled with fresh milk. The table was served by gazelles who were marvellously adroit.

At this moment the little house disappeared entirely and she saw with the greatest consternation that the key alone remained in her hand. She now saw at her side a small grey mouse who gazed at her with its sparkling little eyes and began to laugh in a thin discordant voice.

"Dear Princess, wait but for a moment; I myself will bring you a horse worthy of you." A few moments afterward, Prince Charmant appeared, leading a magnificent horse, white as snow. The saddle was of blue velvet, embroidered in pearls, and the bridle was of gold and pearls. When she wished to mount, the horse knelt down and rose quietly when she had placed herself in the saddle.

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Little Box

Gazelles

Little House

Dear Princess