Welcome to Contessa's French Linens, the only authentic French linen shop in Philadelphia! Our shop - in the famous Reading Terminal Market in Center City of historic Philadelphia - offers you a wide selection of linens from Provence and Brittany in France as well as other European countries.

We enjoy having you visit our shop in the Market, but when you can't shop there, you can find the same products on line. Please note: at present we only ship to addresses within the US.

MEET CONTESSA! My first love is food, and food and linens go together. The tablecloth is the cake and the food is the icing on the cake. I have Amish roots from my mother's side of the family, and my father was Italian - I come from the best of both worlds! My Amish Nanny Elizabeth was the best at everything she did - cooking, making quilts, and making tablecloths - and my mother Laura was the best at everything SHE did. I inherited a lot from the talented women in my family.

I love to entertain, and when friends come to my house, they want to know where my linens come from. I think the best linens are French Jacquards. If I want to change the mood in a room, it is always a French linen to the rescue.

In my quest to find a suitable location for my French shop, there was only one place I wanted and that was the historical Reading Terminal Market. I knew when I walked into the Market that I belonged here. It's the greatest food market on the East Coast and what better place to sell French linens?! As I say, food and linens go together!

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