Fleurdeliser

Adorned with Lilies

Created 1981

I was in love with the symbol fleur de lis. So French.

Fleurdeliser is an actual verb

in French. It means to be decorated with fleur de lis.

Wish I could remember where in Paris this pattern was found.

I met my husband on this trip to Paris. He soon told me he was a Bonarpartist and that I needed to know what the fleur de lis represents, since I seemed so intrigued. He told me Napoléon made his logo of the bee (head up orientation) in a wreath. The bee appears as an upside down fleur de lis. A little tongue in cheek. The royalty is turned upside down. But I don't have the nerve to wear my fleur de lis pins upside down here. But I do in the States.