Madame X

A lady in a black evening gown against a warm brown ground. A striking silhouette in just 11 threads.

Size

75 × 150 stitches; on 14-count: 13.6 × 27.2 cm, on 18-count: 10.6 × 21.2 cm

Threads

11 DMC colours, full crosses only

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 12127 — the work on the museum site

Licence

Chart — © 2026 Crossette, CC BY 4.0: free to stitch, print and share with a link to crossette.org. The original is in the public domain (CC0); the museum image comes from its open collection.

PDF to print · 226 KB OXS for software · 431 KB

OXS is an open chart format that many cross stitch programs open. The Crossette app opens it too — it’s in development; the beta comes after Apple’s review. Colours on screen and in print are approximate; go by the thread codes.