Sacco

Overview

M. and Mme Sacco, florists in Nice, who were also Marie's family's landlords in 1873-74: Mon Journal t.1 index «Sacco (M. et Mme), fleuriste», t.2 «Sacco (Mme), fleuriste», t.3 and t.4 «Sacco, fleuriste». The flower shop is the one Marie and the Howards visit for bouquets (003/1873-04-11, 003.0271: the 300-franc monster bouquet; 012/1873-11-04 and 11-05, 012.0053, 012.0068), but the Saccos are more than tradespeople.

• June 1873: before the move Marie is sent to settle things «chez Sacco»; «Mme Sacco, notre future maîtresse, montre une sympathie tellement grande pour moi», and refuses to let the family leave within three months (006/1873-06-16, 006.0002-0004). Her fête in July: she asks leave «de faire danser son monde devant nos fenêtres» (007/1873-07-27, 007.0251).
• December 1873: the family lives in the house above the shop: «Notre demeure est affreuse, nous vivons dans un magasin, tous les cochons viennent acheter des fleurs. J'ai parlé à Sacco et elle dit qu'on ne peut faire autrement, c'est leur boutique» (013/1873-12-02, 013.0163).
• March 1874: furniture «que nous achèterons à Sacco» (017/1874-03-02, 017.0119).
• August 1874: in a list of Nice acquaintances, «Desforges, Biasini, Sacco, Avigdor» (023/1874-08-14, 023.0113).

References in Diary

003/1873-04-11 (003.0271); 006/1873-06-16 (006.0002, 0003, 0004); 007/1873-07-27 (007.0251); 012/1873-11-04 (012.0053); 012/1873-11-05 (012.0068); 013/1873-12-02 (013.0163); 017/1874-03-02 (017.0119); 023/1874-08-14 (023.0113).