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A very rare and exciting textile ~ this amazing textile is a French indigo resist-dyed quilt. This textile dates from the late 18th century and was most likely, printed in Rouen. These wonderful indigo-resist dyed textiles are rare even in France, a wonderful textile find. The main areas of production of these textiles in the late 18th century were Nimes, Rouen, Marseille and Bordeaux and this pattern is thought to have been produced in Rouen. The central design has a wonderful pomegranate figure. Most fabric printing methods are designed to apply a dye to wherever the figures fall, however with a dye-resist method, it is exactly the opposite: what is printed in the end will be left bare. Using the resist-printing method, a paste ( usually a wax substance) is printed on to the cloth using hand carved wooden blocks. Next, the cloth is dyed ( in this case it was dyed using indigo blue) and finally the resist substance is removed to reveal the masked pattern. The indigo front cloth of this textile is a densely woven , tabby weave cotton and may have some linen in the blend. The backing on this quilt is beautiful, and highly unusual!~ The central panel is a very heavy weight, hand-woven hemp with a heavy twill weave. Natural vegetable dyes would have been used to achieve these tones of soft chocolate brown and yellow. The hemp has been spun with wonderful uneven diameters, making a lovely slubby weave. The sides are trimmed in a red , gentle twill weave cotton. There is a dense ( but not heavy) cotton batting between the layers ~ The indigo side of this textile is wonderfully rich, and still deeply saturated in tone ~ Gorgeous indigo ~ This textile is 100% hand quilted and hand stitched. Its extremely rare to find these textiles in such extraordinary condition~ ideal for any textile collection.

MEASUREMENTS : This gorgeous textile measures approx. 75 inches wide ( 6.25feet) and the length is 85 inches long (7.08 feet long)

CONDITION: This lovely quilt is in wonderful condition. It is in as found, not freshly laundered condition. There is so little to report on the condition!~ There are two areas of pale discoloration ( on in the bottom right corner, another on the left side, near the middle. The bottom right discoloration has permeated the back and left a small area of discoloration in the bottom left on the back. It is in truly amazing condition for its age and has been well looked after~ a rare and wonderful textile .

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