Object Number 1955.0634.002

Object Name

Textile, printed (Ex-valance)

Title

La Leçon de Danse (The Dance Lesson)

Category

Textiles

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Secondary Place of Origin

France, Europe

Date

1780-1790

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

Plate printed, Woven (plain), Raised style

Dimensions (inches)

12.5 (L) , 79 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

31.75 (L) , 200.66 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements are approximate due to inherent variability of textiles. Vertical design repeat: 38 3/8 inches

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Manuscript] Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
• See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.
[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 print technology: pp. 87-88, 97.
[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern in reverse, p. 269, fig. 279; information on Chinoiseries, pp. 265-269
[Book] D'Allemagne, Henry-René & Clouzot, Henri. 1942 La Toile Imprimée et les Indiennes de Traïte. II.
• Similar: pl. 182 as "La Lecon de Danse"
[Book] Sayer, Robert & Pillement, Jean Baptiste. 1959 Ladies Amusement or Whole Art of Japanning Made Easy (orig. c. 1760).
• Similar: pl. 52
[Book] Riffel, Melanie, et al. 2003 Toile De Jouy: Printed Textiles in the Classical French Style.
• Similar: p. 170-171, #235