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This is a lovely piece of vintage French ticking dating c1850 or earlier ~ This lovely piece is a linen cotton mix, and it's IDEAL for anyone looking for distressed aged, primitive fabric! This piece has rust stains, patches, mends ETC ~ it's wonderful! It's quite odd, that large piece is a double sided little piece hand stitched to the body! This piece has so many beautiful surprises!!~ It's a herringbone weave, heavy weight fabric ~ faded to perfection ~

There are wonderful mends, repairs , patches The word 'ticking' is derived from the Latin word for case, 'Tica.' The fabric came to be known as 'denim,' as Nimes, France was one of the great producers of this ticking fabric! Ticking fabric was used for creating mattresses, as the European bedding system of old consisted of many layers of textiles - the ones at the bottom were stuffed with straw and fodder and topped with a dense denim (ticking) that was stuffed with feathers for the top layers. This is a wonderful, historical fabric!


MEASUREMENTS: This lovely piece measures 70 inches by 85 inches ~

CONDITION: Freshly laundered and ready to use. Please see above and photographs for exact condition ~

inv #: ticking E 42011