L'atelier Coulom - Creation of Straw Brooms

65 Chemin de Verdunenc, 82170 Grisolles

Jean Marc Coulom is the heir to a craftsmanship that made Grisolles, for over a century, the French and even European capital of the broom.

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The opportunistic industry, emerging in the heart of the 19th century, was made possible by the fertile plains of the Garonne where "lou mil" or "milhas" (sorghum) grows.
It was a revolution that transformed a rough sorghum straw utensil tied with a willow twig into an aesthetic and practical tool with a solid wooden handle, heart straw and cover straw, wire to bind it, a flattened conical shape, all held together by a pretty colored cord.

This is a 100% Occitan broom. Before World War...