This exquisite animaux cockerel cushion is an advanced embroidery piece using crewel wool and stranded cotton on cream boiled wool.

The cushion features a suited cockerel inspired by caricaturist J.J. Grandville's illustration for Scènes de la Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux, in which celebrated writers of the 1840s such as Honoré de Balzac reveal anthropomorphic animals exemplifying and satirising human behaviour. 

• Size (inches): 20 x 20
• Size (cms): 50 x 50
• Cotton embroidery on boiled wool cushion cover with duck feather pad