Another rare and wonderful early 19th century French quilt! ~*~ This quilt came from an important personal collection and was produced in the Provence region of France ~ stunning quilting pattern! ~*~  This textile dates c1800-1820.  A wonderful double sided whole cloth quilt. One side is a wonderful , rare printed cotton. 2 panels of this stunning fabric are seamed to make the width . An extremely rare fabric, . This fabric took AGES to produce. It was first resist printed ( wax or similar was place on to the fabric in the floral pattern ) and was dyed blue. The wax was then removed to reveal the floral pattern. The ground was then block printed to produce this wonderful green tone , a ground print was printed on top of this and the warm browns were added using hand carved wooden blocks~ A very very complicated printing process to produce this stunning fabric. The back is just as wonderful! This is a linen and cotton Vichy check fabric, gorgeous indigo, cream and warm brown in the weave ~ this quilt is 100% hand stitched and hand quilted. There is a lovely hand stitched patch in one corner on linen with a CM cross stitched monogram. There is a light cotton batting between the layers. A rare and wonderful textile ~*~   ( quilt 12)  

MEASUREMENTS:  This lovely quilt measures 48 inches by 95 inches 

CONDITION: This textile is in as found, not freshly laundered condition with light storage dust. This quilt is in stunning condition for it's age, just gorgeous! There are a few small holes on the printed side, a few places where the sides need to be stitched together again with the batting exposed, a few small pale marks, but generally in STUNNING condition for it's age, very rare to find in such beautiful condition ~ 

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