Madame Revolutionary Decorative Pillow
Description
There is a particular discipline to the well-dressed room: the understanding that comfort and beauty are not opposing forces, that a considered textile on a sofa or reading chair communicates as clearly as any painting on the wall. The Madame Revolutionary cushion cover brings French Revolutionary portraiture into a domestic format — a young Frenchwoman of the 1790s, painted in the direct, composed manner of the period, printed across a heavyweight designer textile.
The Revolutionary decade produced an enormous quantity of portraiture at every level of French society. The collapse of court patronage and the urgent need of the new bourgeois class to document itself created a market for portraits that painters of every ability supplied. This face — the white muslin bonnet, the dark dress, the plain white fichu — is the visual record of a generation that dressed deliberately to show which side they were on. On a sofa or reading chair, it occupies the room with the same quiet authority it was painted to project.
Built from a heavyweight designer textile. Four fabric options at checkout. Six sizes from 12″×12″ to 24″×24″. Cushion pad sold separately.
Specification & Care
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