Object Number 1969.8520.003

Object Name

Textile, printed

Title

Les Losanges (Lozenges)

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Jouy-En-Josas, Île-de-France , France, Europe

Origin Notes

This fabric, titled "Les Losanges" (Lozenges) was designed by J.B. Huet, and manufactured by Oberkampf in Jouy-en-Josas, France, c. 1800.

Date

1790-1810

Subjects

Classical; Mythological

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

Woven (plain), Plate printed, Mordant style

Dimensions (inches)

Dimensions (centimeters)

Measurement Notes

Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. Vertical design repeat: 20.25 inches

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Fikioris, Margaret A. 1970 Neoclassicism in Textile Designs by Jean-Baptiste Huet. Winterthur Portfolio. 6: 36.
• Published: p.86, fig 21; p. 87, fig. 22; p. 89, fig. 28; p. 92, fig. 35
[Book] Riffel, Melanie, et al. 2003 Toile De Jouy: Printed Textiles in the Classical French Style.
• Image of design and information on manufacture, p. 131, fig. 177
[Book] Bredif, Josette. 1989 Printed French Fabrics: Toiles de Jouy.
• Image of design and information on manufacture, p. 152, fig. 177
[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] D'Allemagne, Henry-René & Clouzot, Henri. 1942 La Toile Imprimée et les Indiennes de Traïte. II.
• Illustrated signed example, pl. 103
[Journal] Antiques Magazine. 1//1938
• "Emblems of the Harvest" illustrated, September 1953, p. 206