Provençal quilts

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The term ProvenÃÆ'§al quilting , also known as boutis , refers to quilts wholecloth performed using traditional techniques made in South of France from the 17th century onwards. Boutis is a ProvenÃÆ'§al word meaning 'stuffing', illustrating how two layered layers together with the stuffed stuff between the parts of the design, creating an enhanced effect. The three main forms of ProvenÃÆ'§al blanket are matelassage , piqÃÆ'Â »re de Marseilles (also known as works of Marseilles or piquÃÆ'Â © marseillais ), and boutis . These terms, together with the trapunto are often disputed and confusing, but they are all quilting forms of content associated with the region.

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History (17th century)

A quilting doll, or trapunto, is known in Sicily as early as the 13th century. One of the most enduring examples of traps to quilting is the 1360-1400 Tristan Quilt, a Sicilian-coated linen textile that survives as two fragments, representing scenes from the story of Tristan and Isolde; one section housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the other at Bargello in Florence.

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Technique

Matelassage

The first complete quilt fabric made in the south of France was the blanket in the mid-seventeenth century. It floats a clump layer between two outer layers of fabric, which are then coated together using a running stitch. Matelassage blankets were successfully exported from South France to England, Spain, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands.

PiqÃÆ'» re de Marseilles

Also known as corded quilting , by Marseilles or piquÃÆ' Â © marseillais , this technique was developed in Marseille in the early eighteenth century, and became an important industry local. Two layers of plain cloth were strung together without blobs, and were stitched in an elaborate backstitch, or after the mid-18th century, faster walking seams were achieved. There is a narrow channel in embroidered design through which a fine rope or cloth is rolled with a special needle to create a three-dimensional effect.

At the end of the 18th century, the Lancashire cotton industry developed a mechanical technique of weaving a double cloth with a closed cording weight. Marseille's artificial imitation produced an important industry for Lancashire from the late 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century. This textile is also known as marcella, one of a number of variations on the word "Marseille".

Boutis

The boutis blanket, as it is known today, developed in the 19th century from the previous ProvenÃÆ'§al quilting technique. They represent the simplification of the Marseille technique in which the motive is in larger quilting and bulkier fillers. The boutis blanket may display various images and symbols in its design, such as religious symbols, oak leaves, flowers, fruit and fruit, animals, and many; may also include naïve motives derived from the maker's private life. The term "boutis" is now widely used as a generic term for all forms of ProvenÃÆ'§al stuffed quilting, with the La Maison du Boutis (House of Boutis) at Calvisson which acts as a museum dedicated to traditional Provena Embroidery §al & amp; quilting technique. Specific boxwood needles used to cram motifs are also known as boutis.

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External links

• La Maison du Boutis. Boutis Museum in Calvisson. (in French)

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