Bonjour! Welcome to French Metro Antiques, direct importers of fine French antique furniture and accessories. We invite you to share our passion for aesthetics, language, history and the French culture.

Located on Dickson Street in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas, French Metro Antiques is a mecca for those who have an appreciation for beauty, quality, and authenticity.  We travel to France two times a year to personally select each accessory and piece of furniture that arrives at our door.

Featured




Metro Station

Antique Highlight: Ship's Wheel

May 14, 2026

This week at French Metro we are taking a look at a very cool piece! This ship’s wheel from the early twentieth century is constructed of solid oak and beechwood. It has a brass ring marked with the name of the maker Anciens Etablissements de la Brosse & Fouche in Nantes. It's also marked Ateliers & Chantiers de Bretagne or “Workshops and Construction sites of Brittany. It's dated 1914, the year when the ship this wheel belonged to was launched from the shipyards. La Brosse & Fouche was a shipyard in Nantes established in 1895 and Changed its name to Ateliers & Chantiers in 1909. Using true naval construction techniques, the spokes are built so that they traverse the wheel adding...

View full article →