About TheComptoir

I am Elise, a French artist based near Angers, in France, but I used to live in Boston after spending more than three years in Washington DC, in USA. I am a seamstress and an embroidery artist. My embroidery work is based on historical women who inspire me. With my embroideries, I try to show in the most poetical and political way the beauty and the force of women. The Comptoir was born when I became an immigrant. « The comptoir » means the counter. It’s a place to meet and to learn from new people.Read their story