Rita Berghuis
Textile Art

The story of the Silver Rose

2000 - 175 x 160 cm


A French tale tells about a gnome, living around the mines of Val d'Argent. Flowers symbolise his good reign.
The gnome asks the hand of a miner's daughter, but she refuses. The gnome knocks the walls of the mines. He is disappointed and closes the mines. The gnome brings a silver rose to the miner's daughter. The closed silver rose tells about bad times to come. But when the silver rose opens... One day the gnome will reopen the mines.
The quilt awarded 'Prix France Patchwork' at the 6th European Patchwork Meeting in Val d'Argent, France.