Antique French Toile de Jouy quilt 18th century c1795 - $1,350 - (Burlington, VT)

~*~Hello and thank you for looking~*~ ~An extremely rare and wonderful textile find ~ this STUNNING textile is an 18th century quilted textile dating c1795. The dramatic front fabric was most likely printed at the Jouy factory itself and is a very rare pattern. This wonderful textile is backed in a gorgeous dense, homespun hemp linen. This textile is made by hand stitching two long panels of the beautiful hand block printed fabric together down the middle to create the wider wide. The fabric was block printing using hand carved wooden blocks in the most stunning red tone. The ground is a wonderful and rare speckled ground in a beautiful madder purple tone. The printing process of this fabric was wonderfully complex and time consuming, beginning with the preparation of the cotton itself, which would have been prepared and field bleached in the sun for weeks before being printed. The hand quilting is done is a lovely sand toned tread. There is a thin cotton batting between the two layers. Both sides are hand stitched closed and the top and bottom are cut, with no hem. This textile would have most likely been used as part of a bed set, either as a cover or bed curtain . A exceptionally rare find, stunning textile~*~ ( textile 606) MEASUREMENTS : This textile measures 51.5 inches wide by 68.5 inches long ( 4.29 feet wide by 5.7 feet long ) CONDITION : This textile is in as found unwashed condition with light storage dust. It is in exceptionally wonderful condition having been stored with great care for many many years in a personal collection. I have never found such a large, early textile in such wonderful condition. The front fabric has no holes, no stains. The linen backing has some light storage dirt and some pale storage marks in places on the back and one thin 2 inch line of blue printing mark on the back ~ A gorgeous textile!!

Posted in Burlington, VT, Antiques
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