Pillow with a portrait of a man from the 18th century on a white background

Monsieur Revolutionary Decorative Pillow

Square 12" / Soft Velvet / Polyester Fiber
$104.45
$104.45
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  • Pillow with a classical portrait design on a white background
Monsieur Revolutionary Decorative Pillow

La Révolution · Portrait · Designer Cushion

Monsieur Revolutionary Decorative Pillow

$104.45
$104.45
Description

The French portrait tradition of the late eighteenth century produced some of the most psychologically direct images in the history of painting. These were works made in a time of upheaval, and the faces in them carry that awareness: composed, alert, lit from a single source against a ground that offers them no comfort. It is a particular kind of seriousness, and it translates to the domestic interior with surprising ease.

The Monsieur Revolutionary cushion cover reproduces one such portrait across a heavyweight textile at a scale that preserves the original’s tonal range and painterly surface. The dark ground sits as well against a linen sofa as it does against a gallery wall. The white of the cravat, the red at the collar, the warm earth of the coat: these are colors that read in any room because they were chosen by a painter who understood exactly how to hold the eye.

The sitter’s gaze does not perform. It observes. Printed onto textile and placed on a sofa or reading chair, the image returns to something close to its original function — a face in a room, asking to be lived with. Four fabric options at checkout. Six sizes from 12″×12″ to 24″×24″. Cushion pad sold separately.
Specification & Care

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Specifications

Construction: Heavyweight Designer Textile

Fabric Options: Four Curated Designer Fabrics, Select at Checkout

Closure: Full-Length Zip, Easy Cushion Insertion and Removal

Available Sizes: 12″×12″ · 16″×16″ · 20″×14″ · 20″×20″ · 22″×16″ · 24″×24″

Includes: Cushion Cover Only. Cushion Pad Sold Separately.

Care: Machine wash gently at 86°F (30°C). Tumble dry low. Iron on low heat. Remove pad before washing.
A Note from Jeff

Portraits of this period were made to hang in rooms that were used. They were not rarities or trophies. They were presences: faces that occupied a corner of the salon and became, over time, simply part of the visual life of the house. Printed onto textile and placed on a sofa or reading chair, the image returns to something close to that original function.

A face in a room, asking to be lived with. That is exactly the right ambition for a cushion cover.

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