Upholsterer demonstration: a traditional know-how

Name: Démonstration de tapissier : un savoir-faire traditionnel
Start: 2023-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château de Champchevrier

At the Château de Champchevrier, some seats were bought with the castle in 1728: also great care is taken!

Dimanche 17 septembre 2023, 14h00Passé

Outils d'inscription

S'inscrire / Réserver: https://billetterie.champchevrier.fr

crédit ch. de Champchevrier

At the castle of Champchevrier, some seats were bought with the castle in 1728: so we take great care!
We offer you to enter behind the scenes of the upholsterer’s profession who always works in the rules of art to restore or dress armchairs, beds, sofas... The workshop of metamorphoses will make on site demonstrations. You can admire his creativity, his patience and his dexterity, essential qualities of the craftsman!
With the same ticket you will have access to the costumed tour of the castle.

À propos du lieu

Château de Champchevrier

Champchevrier, 37340 Cléré-les-Pins

Indre-et-Loire
Centre-Val de Loire

In 25 km in Tours(Ballots) and at the heart of a wooded site, is the Castle of Champchevrier, splendid family house always lived by the same family since 1728\. Champchevrier is at once a remarkable historical monument and a castle of family in who every generation wanted to pass on(transmit) love and respect for heritage. Built in Renaissance then prettified in the XVIIIth century, the castle of Champchevrier is protected by staves(moats) still in water. The kings Louis XI and Louis XIII came go hunting in this executive(frame) full of game where the tradition of hunting is always present. With a star to the Guide Michelin, the visit of the castle offers you an absolutely sumptuous inside! Old(Former) cookings(kitchens) with their impressive collection of brass instruments in the sumptuously furnished(filled) rooms(parts,plays) of splendour, you will admire in particular an incredible series of tapestries of the XVIIth century, numerous paintings(boards) without forgetting the furniture Regency of an exceptional quality! Its visit is an unforgettable walk enters present and past, a stroll between nature and culture where traditions always lively will guide your steps.