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A vintage quilt in the French country tradition, printed with a classic black and white toile de Jouy pattern — …
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A vintage quilt in the French country tradition, printed with a classic black and white toile de Jouy pattern — pastoral figures, swagged ribbons, floral garlands, and ticking stripes rendered in fine, engraving-style linework in crisp black against white. Toile de Jouy takes its name from Jouy-en-Josas, the town outside Versailles where Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf's manufactory began printing these pastoral countryside scenes onto cotton in the 1760s. The design language echoes the era when Marie Antoinette turned rustic country life into high fashion at Versailles — all thatched cottages and shepherdesses rendered with a courtly, chic hand — and it's that same rustic-but-refined spirit that toile has carried into French decorating ever since. The reverse carries a coordinating ticking stripe, giving the piece two distinct looks in one.
Its quilted texture brings to mind the corded whitework of Provençal boutis, another storied French bedding tradition — here rendered through printed pattern rather than hand-stitched relief, but carrying the same easy French country warmth.
Made from cotton with lightweight quilted fill and finished with a graceful scalloped edge, this quilt brings an easy, storied elegance to a bedroom — equally at home in a Provençal-inspired guest room, a New England farmhouse, or layered at the foot of a more formal bed. The classic black-and-white palette makes it a versatile year-round piece, and its reversibility means effortless seasonal styling.
Measures 72" x 88", fitting full and queen beds. Vintage condition — please review photos closely.
- Dimensions: 72"W x 88"L
- Materials: Cotton, quilted
- Pattern: Toile de Jouy, black and white
- Edge: Scalloped
- Reversible: Yes — toile on one side, ticking stripe on the reverse
- Style: French Country, Cottage
- Condition: Vintage
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- Dimensions
- 88ʺW × 1ʺD × 72ʺH
- Bed Size
- Full/Double
- Pattern
- Toile
- Period
- 1980s
- Country of Origin
- France
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Cotton
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Black
- Condition Notes
- Gorgeous Gorgeous less
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