By Martine P. Dulles and Frederick H. Dulles The King’s Bedchamber in Versailles. ALL PHOTOS ©️ DECLERCQ PASSEMENTIERS: LA CHAMBRE DU ROI, VERSAILLES In the northeast of Paris, in a small village, is an “atelier d’art” that makes the most exquisite textile decorative items: Declercq Passementiers. The French word “passementerie” comes from “passement” and dates from the 12th century. The official dictionary of the Académie française defines it as “A flat strip of fabric in which are...