{"product_id":"early-19th-century-french-reversible-boutis-pique-quilt-printed-scarf","title":"Early 19th-Century French Reversible Fichu Boutis and Piqué Quilt with Printed Scarf","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn early 19th-century French fichu quilt with two distinct faces. The printed front centres on a block-printed cotton scarf, or fichu, with a floral border in madder red and indigo tones, set within a piqué quilted field. The print includes roses, foxgloves and tulips. The scarf centre has been altered, leaving a visible mismatched seam where a section was removed, a useful trace of the textile’s earlier life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurned over, the quilt has a white boutis face worked with closely spaced hand stitching, raised cording, a diamond grid and running geometric and floral motifs. Narrow cotton panels are joined by horizontal seams across the reverse, a construction consistent with the narrow loom widths used for domestic textiles of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe quilt is structurally sound, with minor edge wear, light foxing and areas of staining on the printed front. A dark rust-coloured stain is visible on both sides, on the the white reverse and is more pronounced there than the staining on the front; both faces also show faint water marks. The affected areas are shown in the photographs. The quilt is unwashed and untreated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrance, likely Provence, c. 1820–1850. Measures 123 × 153 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penelope Textiles Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57507623666044,"sku":"ANT-Q-006","price":750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/2884\/2001\/files\/IMG_8865.jpg?v=1790510517","url":"https:\/\/www.penelopetextiles.com\/products\/early-19th-century-french-reversible-boutis-pique-quilt-printed-scarf","provider":"Penelope Textiles Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}