Le Mouton Cherie (The Cherished Sheep)
Textiles
Nantes, France, Europe
1780-1790
Cotton
Woven (plain), Plate printed, Mordant style
1961.0059
Object Number1961.0059 |
Textile, printed (Valance)
Le Mouton Cherie (The Cherished Sheep)
Textiles
Museum purchase
Nantes, France, Europe
1780-1790
1. Label; Pinned on tag; "M61.59 / T2160 / dr 35 / G&L" [over] "61.59 / T2160" (graphite, ink)
2. Label; Pinned on red tag; "dr. 35 / T2(160) / 61.59" [over] "T2(160) / 61.59" (graphite, ink)
Cotton
Woven (plain), Plate printed, Mordant style
13.25 (L) , 48.75 (W)
33.655 (L) , 123.825 (W)
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles.
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[Book] Clouzot, Henri. 1928 Histoire de la manufacture de Jouy et de la toile imprimee en France.
• Information on manufactory: p. 168
[Book] D'Allemagne, Henry-René & Clouzot, Henri. 1942 La Toile Imprimée et les Indiennes de Traïte. II.
• Similar: plate 72.
[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] Grant, Sarah. 2010 Toiles de Jouy, French Printed Cottons 1760-1830.
• Similar: fig. 22, p. 59; figs. 25-26, information on Fragonard's painting: pp. 42-43.
[Book] Riffel, Melanie, et al. 2003 Toile De Jouy: Printed Textiles in the Classical French Style.
• Information on genre scenes: p. 94; detail: fig. 141, p. 105.