French artist Eva Jospin's 120-foot-long embroidered artwork “The Silk Room,” commissioned by Dior, is on display at Versailles Palace until Sept. 29.
Now her 120-foot-long artwork “The Silk Room” has landed in a majestic setting of its own: the Orangery at the Palace of Versailles.
The French artist, known for her intricate landscapes made of paper cutouts, said her initial design was partly based on etchings of an artificial grotto in the gardens of Versailles, which was destroyed in the 17“When I returned to the embroidery to add to it, I wanted to refer once again to a drawing and to a vanished Versailles,” she said.
“It’s a kind of essence of this embroidery in all its intricacy, and with even more delicate techniques,” Jospin said.
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