Inspired by the Hameau de la Reine, Queen Marie Antoinette’s own refuge where she could host intimate gatherings with friends, the latest tabletop edit, The Queen’s Cottage, celebrates a return to the idyllic.
Madras-patterned plates take the centre stage in this scene, a tribute to the popular print that was frequented in the eighteenth century. Bucolic surroundings emerge throughout the table, including table linens adorned with wild bees, dogwood-shaped napkin rings and foraged fungi fashioned from antique eighteenth-century silks, gemstones and brocade.
