Jolies Fleurs is a vintage floral pattern evoking memories of spring, entirely hand-knotted in the traditional Nepalese way. Wool and silk are worked together to bring the composition to life, the silk lending light to the petals and the wool giving the ground its depth, so the flowers appear gently modelled rather than flat. It is a nostalgic subject made seriously: the sweetness of the drawing, underwritten by the discipline of hand-knotting.
