Matelassé

Matelassé is a double or compound cloth woven so that its surface puffs into a raised, quilted relief without any actual wadding or hand stitching. Two sets of warp and weft are bound together at intervals, and the tension pulls the cloth into padded diamonds, squares, or scrolls, mimicking the look of a hand-quilted coverlet straight off the loom. It imitates the trapunto and corded quilting of Provence, and is used for bedding, jackets, and structured eveningwear where a soft dimensional surface is wanted.