• Corner of the French piqué quilt’s printed face, showing the raised, quilted heart motif.
  • Full front view of the French piqué quilt, with block-printed floral sprigs and visible hand quilting.
  • The whole printed face of the French quilt, showing its floral pattern and quilted layout.
  • Close view of a padded heart-shaped motif at a corner of the quilt’s printed front.
  • Detail of the hand-quilted border on the floral-printed front of the French piqué quilt.
  • Closer view of the front border, showing its parallel lines of hand stitching.
  • Block-printed floral sprigs in pink, and purple surrounded by picotage on the front of the French quilt.
  • Block-printed floral sprigs in ochre with picotage on the front of the French quilt.
  • Printed front of the French quilt folded back to reveal its white corded reverse
  • Area of wear on the floral-printed front of the French piqué quilt
  • Close view of wear to the block-printed cotton on the quilt’s front face.
  • Further detail of wear on the printed front, with the surrounding quilting visible.
  • Full view of the quilt’s white reverse, showing the raised corded piqué de Marseille design.
  • Corner of the white reverse, showing the padded heart motif and surrounding corded quilting.
  • Centre and border of the white reverse, with raised channels and geometric quilting.
  • Faint storage marks on the hand-quilted white reverse of the French quilt
  • Mark at the edge of the quilted border on the white reverse
  • Area of wear on the white reverse, with the surrounding corded quilting visible.
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Early 19th-Century French Floral Piqué Quilt with Corded Boutis Reverse

Early 19th-Century French Floral Piqué Quilt with Corded Boutis Reverse

French piqué quilt, c. 1800. Block-printed floral face in madder pinks and purples; white reverse with raised corded geometric and heart-shaped motifs. 147 × 170 cm.

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Description and Details

A French piqué quilt of around 1800, with a fine block-printed cotton face scattered with floral sprigs in madder purple, deep pink, and ochre with a surround of picotage. The printed side gives way to quite different work on the reverse.

The white reverse is an excellent example of piqué de Marseille, with closely stitched channels and zigzag panels raised by trapunto work to form a pronounced, three-dimensional surface. Parallel lines frame large padded heart shaped motifs at the corners. The definition of the trapunto work is particularly clear in the detail photographs, and makes the reverse every bit as compelling as the printed face.

There are some areas of wear to the face of the quilt along with a mark at the edge of the white reverse border and faint storage marks elsewhere on that side, as shown in the photographs. The quilt is in wonderful condition for it's age. 

The quilt measures 147 × 170 cm.


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