What Pain d'Épices is known for
Toy and dollhouse-miniatures shop open since 1972 in Paris's 19th-century Passage Jouffroy, near the Musée Grévin. Two floors specialize in handmade wooden toys, dollhouse furniture, stuffed animals and vintage-style games.
Pain d'Épices has operated since 1972 inside the Passage Jouffroy, one of the covered 19th-century shopping arcades running through Paris's 9th arrondissement near the Musée Grévin waxworks. The shop takes its name from pain d'épices, the spiced honey bread traditionally associated with French children's teatime treats of past generations — a name chosen to evoke nostalgia rather than describe what it sells. Spread across two floors under the arcade's glass roof, the store specializes in dollhouse miniatures and furniture, handmade wooden toys, stuffed animals and dolls, along with vintage-style games and unusual collectible objects aimed at both children and adult collectors. It has become particularly known among miniature and dollhouse enthusiasts as a source for pieces sized and finished for serious display collections rather than mass-market toy versions. The shop's survival since 1972 inside Passage Jouffroy — itself a protected example of Paris's historic covered-arcade architecture — has made it a fixture of that stretch of the 9th arrondissement, alongside the arcade's other longstanding independent shops.
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Best for — Dollhouse furniture and old-Paris toys in the Passage Jouffroy since 1972
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