Quilt (Wholecloth quilt)

Museum Object Number 1952.0348.002

Object Name

Quilt (Wholecloth quilt)

Title

The Union of France with America; America Paying Homage to France

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Jean-Baptiste Huet (Fabric manufacturer)

Creator Notes

Jean-Baptiste Huet was trained in the studio of Le Prince. He was accepted by the Academy in 1769 as a painter of animals. He started working for Oberkampf in 1783 with his design for Les Travaux de la manufacture (The activities of the factory) and continued until his death in 1811. Throughout his career his style changed as tastes changed. His first genre was pastoral painting around 1773. His next style consists of elements typical of the Louis XVI style. Then from 1796 his work gradually became more geometric. While working with Oberkamf he produced 32 different designs, plus another ten which remained in the preparatory stages. (Riffel, Melanie et. al., Toile de Jouy, 2003, pp. 42-45)

Date of Birth

10/15/1745

Date of Death

8/27/1811

Place of Origin

United States, North America

Origin Notes

This quilted bedcover was probably made in the United States.

Secondary Place of Origin

Jouy-En-Josas, France, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

This fabric was printed between 1785-1790 at Jouy.

Date

1785-1810

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; reverse corner; "SEASON 2 4" (stamped in red)
2. Label; reverse corner; "995" (stamped in black)
3. Label; reverse corner, pinned on tag; "52.348.2 / WINTERTHUR / B/RM / SEPT - DEC." (in graphite)

Subjects

American Indian

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

Woven (plain), Quilted, Plate printed, Mordant style

Dimensions (inches)

95.5 (H) , 87 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

242.57 (H) , 220.98 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements overall

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Salmon, Larry & Carlano, Marianne. 1987 French Textiles from the Middle Ages through the Second Empire.
• Fig. 125, p. 151
[Article] Gril-Mariotte, Aziza & Warner, Pamela J. 2010 Topical Themes from the Oberkampf Textile Manufactory, Jouy-en-Josas, Frannce, 1760-1821. Studies in the Deocrative Arts. 17 (1): 35.
• Discussion and images of fabric T120, pg. 171-174; 188-190.
[Book] Clouzot, Henri & Morris, Frances. 1927 Painted and Printed Fabrics : The History of the Manufactory at Jouy and Other Ateliers in France 1760-1815.
• Design: No. 69, pl. XXV
[Book] D'Allemagne, Henry-René & Clouzot, Henri. 1942 La Toile Imprimée et les Indiennes de Traïte. II.
• Design: pl. 144
[Article] Holden, Agnes J. 1939 Jean-Baptiste Huet; Master Designer of Toiles de Jouy. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club. 23 (2): 31.
• Design stages: pp 6-7
[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