Sajou Museum & Heritage Toile du Jouy Manufacture Embroidery Chart- The Hand Painting Oberkampf and a linen fabric ground

and a linen fabric ground that gives an authentic base for your stitching

making it useful for study

The pattern includes two charts

The linen is home spun and hand woven

7013/pink - 7034/navy blue - 7037/aqua green - 7043/olive - 7045/green - 7050/beige - 7056/brown - 7091/deer - 7092/resin - 7093/ivory - 7094/white - 7095/black

Sajou Museum & Heritage Toile du Jouy Manufacture Embroidery Chart- The Hand Painting Oberkampf and a linen fabric groundA beautiful Sajou cross stitch chart showing scenes of the hand painting stage of producing the colours of Toile du Jouy in Jouy en Josas. Due to the limited colours available from the maddering process, the cloth was sent to the print facrory for the application of greens, yellows and blues. The colours were hand painted by ladies known as 'Pinceauteuses' (which translates as 'Paintbrush Ladies'), the women used their own hair for making their