Rare Antique Indiennes Block Print Quilted Panel with Exotic Fruit and Foliage: C18th France
A rare large scale block printed and quilted panel from late 18th-century France, featuring an ornate "Indienne" style design. It showcases stylized exotic fruits, feathery seaweed, and delicate coral structures printed in rich madder red and purple tones across a neutral background.
Hand made in France (likely Alsace, Neufchâtel, or the Jouy-en-Josas region) and dating from the 18th Century (Circa 1780-1800).
Woodblock printed by hand on cotton and backed in a hand loomed linen. With a stunning large scale design of gourds with unfurling decorative leaves interspersed with smaller flowering plants complete with their roots. Quilted and backed in a white handspun linen and finished with a pretty scalloped hem.
Measurements:
130cm wide x 300cm long
Condition
In an ‘as found’ antique and unwashed condition with marks and stains and scattered mildew marks. Both right and left sides have been cut and left raw. There are old historic repairs, darns and patches but the textile still retains it's original beauty.