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Marseille - The Cradle of White Corded Quilting (Paperback)
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Marseille - The Cradle of White Corded Quilting (Paperback)
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"Marseille: The Cradle of White Corded Quilting," which accompanies
an exhibition of the same name, traces the origins and the
commercial development of "broderie de Marseille" needlework.
During the seventeenth century these supple, all-white corded and
quilted furnishings--from bedcovers to quilted bodices and
caps--grew out of the thriving textile trade centered on France's
Mediterranean port of Marseille as adaptations of popular foreign
textile products. "Broderie de Marseille" is a form of
three-dimensional textile sculpture using plain white cloth and
white cotton cording, deftly manipulated with needle and thread to
reveal patterns highlighted by the resulting play of light and
shadow on the textile surface. Skillful execution of "broderie de
Marseille" resulted in delicate, refined work that graced the homes
and figures of aristocrats and launched a worldwide passion for
all-white corded needlework. The quilted works were filled with
imagery expressing contemporary cultural values, such as folk
legends, heraldic devices and royal monograms (bedcovers), and
floral wreaths and fruits symbolizing good fortune and fertility
(wedding quilts). Contemporary versions, today often referred to
commercially as "matelasse," are machine made and thus lack the
personal skills and intimate connections to the work represented by
the confections of the original needleworkers. In this richly
illustrated monograph Kathryn Berenson has exhaustively researched
the fascinating story through a broad range of historical records,
including household inventories, letters, commercial documents, and
literary references.
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