Embroidery kit in cross stitch - Marie Antoinette's bedchamber at Trianon small cushion - Museum and Heritage Collection
The Petit Trianon was the designated estate of Marie-Antoinette. She created a bucolic setting, full of charm and simplicity. This is an evocation of the fabric in the Queen’s bedchamber: rose bouquets and cornflowers on a white fabric. The original fabric was embroidered by Marie-Olivier Defarges, from Lyon. This marvellous cloth covers the famous “wheat-ear furniture”, created by Georges Jacob: the wood is sculpted and painted with wheat ears braided with honeysuckle and sprigs of jasmin, embellished with lily-of-the-valley and pine cones. After being dispersed during the Revolution, part of this unique furniture has since been acquired by the Palace of Versailles.
This chart is taken from our spectacular pattern dedicated to Marie-Antoinette. It is a part of a series of three.
Size of motif: 173 stitches wide by 173 stitches high. When embroidered on 12 count (per cm) linen, the finished project measures 29 x 29cm.
Size of finished cushion: 30 x 30cm.
This kit contains:
- full-colour pattern chart printed on two 60 x 28cm sheets of paper;
- one 40 x 40cm piece of 12 count embroidery linen, colour off-white;
- one 40 x 40cm piece of Sajou 100% cotton fabric with the same motif, from our Versailles collection for the back;
- 9 cards of Retors du Nord embroidery thread n°s: 2023, 2033, 2180, 2409, 2443, 2445, 2535, 2536, 2876;
- a Sajou Créé par moi label (Made by me).
Presented in a Sajou cardoard reusable box
