Toile de Jouy Handbag - Jardin - Pastel Blue Green & Beige

Elegant and beautifully handcrafted Toile de Jouy handbag. It features a pastel very light blue green background with a typical French Fruit garden and garden tools motive on both sides, each side has a different design. The handles and bottom are beige. The bag is fully lined with an off-white cotton fabric and has an inside pocket, a removable rigid bottom and a magnetic closure.

Dimensions: 11.5" x 8" x 5" Handle 4"     Cotton

The fabric is stain protected with Scotchgard.  Dry clean only

Toile de Jouy is cotton or linen fabric printed with designs of landscapes, pastoral scenes, gardens, mythology … for which the factory of Jouy-en-Josas, near Versailles was famous. The Jouy factory was started in 1760 by a Franco-German, Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf. Traditionally those fairly complex decorating patterns were printed on white or off-white background. More modern toiles de Jouy have bolder colors. Designs are still monochrome but with a broader range of colors like magenta, red, green, brown…