• Full view of the French Provençal piqué quilt with its plum-coloured Les Monuments de Paris toile panel and floral border.
  • Detail of the plum roller-printed toile on the quilt, showing an architectural scene from Les Monuments de Paris
  • Close view of a Paris monument and surrounding figures in the quilt’s Les Monuments de Paris toile panel.
  • Architectural detail in the plum-coloured Les Monuments de Paris print stitched onto the quilt.
  • Further detail of the Oberkampf toile panel, showing one of its printed Paris monument scenes.
  • Full view of the French composite quilt, with the plum toile panel set within a cream border with floral block print.
  • Detail of the block-printed border, with small red and blue floral sprigs on cream cotton.
  • Front of the quilt folded back to show the plum toile panel and the hand-quilted reverse together.
  • Close view of repaired splits and remaining holes in the stained toile panel on the quilt’s front.
  • Detail of fabric wear and marks to the plum-printed front panel of the French quilt.
  • Staining near a corner of the quilt’s cream border with red and blue floral sprigs
  • Reverse of the Provençal piqué quilt, showing its hand-quilted medallions and geometric stitching.
  • Detail of the hand-quilted border on the reverse of the French Provençal piqué quilt.
  • Closer view of the reverse border, showing its dense hand stitching and quilted pattern.
  • Unmended damage on the quilt’s reverse, where staining and holes through the fabric are visible.
  • Close view of staining near a corner of the hand-quilted reverse.
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Early 19th-Century French Composite Quilt with Les Monuments de Paris Toile

Early 19th-Century French Composite Quilt with Les Monuments de Paris Toile

Provençal piqué quilt with an 1816 Oberkampf Les Monuments de Paris toile panel stitched on, probably assembled c. 1830–1840. Repaired front splits and through-holes; measurements to be confirmed.

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Description and Details

An early 19th-century French composite quilt made by stitching a period copper-roller-printed cotton panel of Les Monuments de Paris onto a Provençal piqué quilt. The plum-coloured toile design dates to 1816 and was drawn by the French architect Louis-Hippolyte Lebas, engraved by Nicolas-Auguste Leisnier and printed at the Oberkampf factory at Jouy-en-Josas. Its architectural scenes, set within frames include The Fountain of the Innocents, The East Colonnade of The Louvre, The Pont Neuf and The Panthéon. Printing a detailed, repeating architectural design from an engraved copper roller was a technically demanding process. The 1816 date belongs to the design, not necessarily to the later alteration of the quilt.

The toile panel is hosted by an older quit with a cream cotton border hand-block-printed with small red and blue floral sprigs. The piqué quilt beneath has dense hand quilting forming concentric medallions and geometric grids, visible on the reverse. The contrast between the roller-printed toile and block-printed border is part of its interest.

The toile panel has some damage in a stained area towards the centre, including some holes as seen in the photos. Some splits on the front have been repaired, so the damage is less extensive there, but the holes remain and go right through the quilt. They are visible from both faces, more clearly on the reverse, where the damage has been left unmended and the central staining is more apparent. There is a separate large stain or water mark near a top corner of the floral border. The quilting remains largely intact, but the damage makes this a fragile piece. Best suited to careful display or textile study rather than regular use; professional advice would be sensible before hanging or cleaning it. Unwashed and untreated.

France, quilt probably assembled c. 1830–1840 using a repurposed toile panel. The quilt measures 125 x 152 cm.


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