Valance

Museum Object Number 1961.0031.010

Object Name

Valance

Title

La Liberte Americaine

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Jean-Baptiste Huet (Designer)

Oberkampf Factory (Manufacturer)

Date of Birth

10/15/17451760

Date of Death

8/27/18111843

Place of Origin

Jouy-En-Josas, Île-de-France , France, Europe

Origin Notes

This valance was printed at the Oberkampf factory in Jouy-en-Josas, France from a design by J.B. Huet in about 1785.

Date

1775-1795

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

Woven (plain), Plate printed, Mordant style

Dimensions (inches)

57 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

144.78 (W)

Measurement Notes

Vertical design repeat: 39 3/4 inches.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Grant, Sarah. 2010 Toiles de Jouy, French Printed Cottons 1760-1830.
• Textile with same print pattern, p. 112-113, pl. 59 (details)
[Book] Blum, Dilys E. 1997 The Fine Art of Textiles: The Collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
• Textile with same print pattern, p. 40, fig. 65
[Book] Bredif, Josette. 1989 Printed French Fabrics: Toiles de Jouy.
• Textile with same print pattern, p. 140
[Book] Riffel, Melanie, et al. 2003 Toile De Jouy: Printed Textiles in the Classical French Style.
• Textile with same print pattern and history, p. 70-71, fig. 94 and 95
[Book] Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on mordant style, pp. 11-12
[Chapter] Bide, Martin. Secrets of the Printer's Palette, Colors & Dyes in Rhode Island Quilts [Book] Welters, Linda & Ordoñez, Margaret. Down by the Old Mill Stream: Quilts in Rhode Island. 83-121.
• Information on mordant style, pp. 88, 101-104
[Book] D'Allemagne, Henry-René & Clouzot, Henri. 1942 La Toile Imprimée et les Indiennes de Traïte. II.
• See volume II plate 70 for similar pattern