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Textile, printed (Ex-bed hanging)
La Liberte Americaine
Jean-Baptiste Huet, Oberkampf Factory
1775-1795
Category
Textiles
Creator/Artist/Maker
Jean-Baptiste Huet (Designer)
Place of Origin
Jouy-En-Josas; Île-de-France ; France; Europe
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1961.0031.001
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1961.0031.001
Object Name
Textile, printed (Ex-bed hanging)
Title
La Liberte Americaine
Category
Textiles
Creator (Role)
Jean-Baptiste Huet (Designer); Oberkampf Factory (Manufacturer)
Place of Origin
Jouy-En-Josas; Île-de-France ; France; Europe
Date
1775-1795
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Plate printed
- Mordant style
Dimensions (inches)
51 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
129.54 (W)
Measurement Notes
Vertical design repeat: 39 3/4 inches.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Grant, Sarah. 2010 Toiles de Jouy, French Printed Cottons 1760-1830.
• Textile with same print pattern, p. 112-113, pl. 59 (details)Book: Blum, Dilys E. 1997 The Fine Art of Textiles: The Collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
• Textile with same print pattern, p. 40, fig. 65Book: Bredif, Josette. 1989 Printed French Fabrics: Toiles de Jouy.
• Textile with same print pattern, p. 140Book: Riffel, Melanie, et al. 2003 Toile De Jouy: Printed Textiles in the Classical French Style.
• Textile with same print pattern and history, p. 70-71, fig. 94 and 95Book: 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: Low, Betty-Bright P. 1978 France Views America 1765-1815.
• Published, catalog number 57, illustrated pages 19, 34.Book: D'Allemagne, Henry-René & Clouzot, Henri. 1942 La Toile Imprimée et les Indiennes de Traïte. II.
• See volume II plate 70 for similar pattern