{"product_id":"louise-julien-1858-couleur-tourterelle-9582043","title":"Louise Julien 1858 - Couleur Tourterelle","description":"\u003cp\u003eBack in 1868, in rural France, imagine what a treat it must have been for a young girl to be handed a whole bunch of silk colors (17 in total) to play with when completing her sampler. Louise proceeded to playfully change thread color for each element of her border, for each letter, and sometimes used two colors for a single letter. The result is a joyful and sparkling \"explosion of color\" and is a real treat to stitch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLetters used for the 3 first lines - a full alphabet and the stitchers signature and date of completion - are all the traditional letters used for marking house-hold linen, therefore excellent practice for young Louise. These letters went unchanged over at least a century as they were taught and transmitted from mother to daughter over generations. These letters virtually unchanged are already cited in the Didierot \u0026amp; D'Alembert's encyclopiedia of 1871 and are known as the linen-maid's alphabet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe original sampler is part of \u003cem\u003eMeriem Chauvet\u003c\/em\u003e's collection, she is the designer behind \u003cstrong\u003eCouleur Tourterelle\u003c\/strong\u003e, and likes to reproduce, and painstakingly rechart, some of the samplers of her collection, matching every original color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile our stitcher left little clue about her place of origin, Meriem Chauvets points to a few clues that could point to the Occitania region, a culturally distinct region of Sourthern France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first glance the sampler seems to differ from other French samplers of the time, all with a prediominantly religious theme, but as Meriem Chauvet points out, Louise did also include, among the many floral and animals,  a number of religious symbols. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegarding stitching, there are a couple of  shifted cross stitches, used to provide symetry in flower bouquets. The design should therefore ideally be stitched over 2 threads, except if you accept these 2 motifs to be slightly shifted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReproduction Sampler stitched using Soie d'Alger silk from Au Ver à soie (AVAS) or DMC, with cross stitches worked over 2 fabric threads on 40ct linen. Size 7.7 x 8.1 inch (19,5 x 20,5 cm).\u003c\/p\u003eChart size in stitches: 154 x 162 (wide x high)\u003cbr\u003eNeedlework fabric: 40ct Newcastle linen from Zweigart ,in color 3077\u003cbr\u003eStitched size: 7.7 x 8.1 inch (19,5 x 20,5 cm)\u003cbr\u003eStitches: cross stitch over 2 threads, a couple of cross stitches shifted by 1 fabric thread\u003cbr\u003eThreads: Soie d'Alger silk from Au Ver à soie (AVAS) or DMC\u003cbr\u003eNumber of colors: 17","brand":"Couleur Tourterelle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49727729959127,"sku":null,"price":26.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0842\/7094\/0375\/files\/87838165.jpg?v=1788475072","url":"https:\/\/thecrewelgobelin.com.au\/products\/louise-julien-1858-couleur-tourterelle-9582043","provider":"The Crewel Gobelin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}