Aline Amaru was a textile artist who lived and worked in Papeete, Tahiti. In this tifaifai (appliqué quilt), Amaru chose to depict the Pomare family – the last kings and queens of Tahiti – taking inspiration from Dynastie des Pomare (from 'Legendes Polynesiennes' series) 1991 by Jean-François Favre, a French artist who lived and worked in French Polynesia from 1966 to 73. Amaru appropriated this image for her tifaifai because her husband is a descendant of the Pomare dynasty. In La Famille Pomare, Amaru combines hand-stitched appliqué – intricately embroidering the outlines of the characters by hand – with ornate nana’o, a sewing technique inspired by woodcarving from the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.