1969.3848.010 Textile, printed obverse
  • 1969.3848.010 Textile, printed obverse
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Textile, printed

  • Title:

    L'Histoire de Joseph

  • Category:

    Textiles

  • Place of Origin:

    Nantes, France, Europe

  • Date:

    1810-1820

  • Materials:

    Cotton

  • Techniques:

    Woven (plain), Roller printed, Mordant style

  • Museum Object Number:

    1969.3848.010


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Object Number

1969.3848.010

Object Name

Textile, printed

Title

L'Histoire de Joseph

Category

Textiles

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Nantes, France, Europe

Origin Notes

The textile was printed by Favre Petitpierre et Cie in Nantes, France, c. 1810.

Date

1810-1820

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

Woven (plain), Roller printed, Mordant style

Dimensions (inches)

15 (L) , 13.5 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

38.1 (L) , 34.29 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch at 60. Vertical design repeat: 22.25 inches

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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