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Textile, printed (Valance)
Le Mouton Cherie (The Cherished Sheep)
1780-1790
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
Nantes; France; Europe
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1961.0059
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1961.0059
Object Name
Textile, printed (Valance)
Title
Le Mouton Cherie (The Cherished Sheep)
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
Nantes; France; Europe
Date
1780-1790
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Pinned on tag
Inscription: "M61.59 / T2160 / dr 35 / G&L" [over] "61.59 / T2160" (graphite, ink)
Type: Label
Location: Pinned on red tag
Inscription: "dr. 35 / T2(160) / 61.59" [over] "T2(160) / 61.59" (graphite, ink)
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Plate printed
- Mordant style
Dimensions (inches)
48.75 (W) x 13.25 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
123.825 (W) x 33.655 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Clouzot, Henri. 1928 Histoire de la manufacture de Jouy et de la toile imprimee en France.
• Information on manufactory: p. 168Book: 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. 11-12Chapter: 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, 101-104Book: 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.