Object Number 1973.0505.002 E

Object Name

Window hanging (Tail or cascade)

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Winterthur (Maker)

Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Fabric manufacturer)

Place of Origin

Winterthur, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

This is one of a set of window hangings made at Winterthur in 1973 from reproduction printed cotton sold by Brunschwig et Fils. The 1973 hangings were made to replace curtains and valances 1956.0612.

Secondary Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

This fabric, printed by Brunschwig and Fils (#37421 A1848) is a reproduction of Jean-Baptiste Huet of Oberkampf's Jouy-En-Josas manufactory's "L'Hommage de l'Amerique a la France."

Date

1973-1973

Subjects

Native American; Allegory

Materials

Cotton; Linen

Techniques

Woven (plain), Printed

Dimensions (inches)

43.5 (L) , 8.5 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

110.49 (L) , 21.59 (W)

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.
• Pattern published: 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