Cross-Stitch Kits
Haddon Hall Collection

Haddon Hall in Derbyshire was the ancestral home of the Vernon family until it passed to the current owners, the Manners family, with the marriage of Dorothy Verson to John Manners. A popular tourist attraction in the Peak District the house has also been used as the location for numerous productions, most notably the BBC TV production of Jane Eyre starring Ruth Wilson and Toby Stevens.

The Haddon Hall collection features kits based on some of the tapestries and room decorations in the house.

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Talbot Dog (HH01)

The ceiling of the dining room is decorated with a series of pictures of Talbot Dogs, which were put there to commemorate the marriage of Sir Henry Vernon to Ann Talbot, daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury, in the 15th century.

Size: 4¼ x 4 ins (10.75 x 10 cm)
Price: £12.50

Mille-Fleur Flowers

These three kits each feature one of the flowers from the large tapestry hanging in the Banqueting Hall. Reputedly given to the Vernon family by Henry the Eighth, the tapestry was probably made in France in Tudor times, and features the Royal Arms of England set on a traditional mille-fleurs ('thousand flowers') background.

Each kit is the same size and price
Size: 7 x 8 ins (18 x 20 cm)
Price: £12.50

 
Blue Flower (MF01)
Red Flower (MF02)
Red Flower 2 (MF03)