Museum Object Number1969.3848.007 |
Textile, printed
L'Histoire de Joseph
Textiles
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Nantes, France, Europe
The textile was printed by Favre Petitpierre et Cie in Nantes, France, c. 1810.
1810-1820
Cotton
Woven (plain), Roller printed, Mordant style
29 (L) , 28.5 (W)
73.66 (L) , 72.39 (W)
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch at 60. Vertical design repeat: 22.25 inches
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[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
[Thesis] Sykas, Philip Anthony. 10//2000 Material Evidence: Nineteenth Century Calico Printers' Pattern Books. 275-343 Ph.D. The Manchester Metropolitan University Department of Textiles/Fashion
• Information on roller and cylinder printing, pp. 276-312
[Book] Clouzot, Henri & Morris, Frances. 1927 Painted and Printed Fabrics : The History of the Manufactory at Jouy and Other Ateliers in France 1760-1815.
• Information on the print works Favre, Petitipierre et Cie and their designs, pp. 58-59
[Journal] The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1905-present
• Mentions Joseph interpreting Pharaoh's dream, vol. XXVII, no. 3, March 1932, p. 72
[Book] D'Allemagne, Henry-René & Clouzot, Henri. 1942 La Toile Imprimée et les Indiennes de Traïte. II.
• Image of textile with same subject matter, pl. 100