Among the 18th-century European textile printing experimenters, French printers established a reputation for superiority in terms of design as well as quality (brilliance and fastness of color). The magnificent circa 1780 multi-color floral print—featuring water lilies and daisies on a gold honeycomb grid—that forms the body of this Provencal quilted bedcovering was probably manufactured at the Oberkampf factory in Jouy-en-Josas, France.