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Window hanging (Valance)
"Au Loup!" (With the Wolf)
Jean-Baptiste Huet
1951-1969
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Creator/Artist/Maker
Jean-Baptiste Huet (Designer and Manufacturer)
Place of Origin
Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1969.1730.002 C
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.1730.002 C
Object Name
Window hanging (Valance)
Title
"Au Loup!" (With the Wolf)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Creator (Role)
Jean-Baptiste Huet (Designer and Manufacturer)
Place of Origin
Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
This curtain, formerly displayed in Du Pont's Cottage at Winterthur, was probably made between 1951 and 1969.
Secondary Place of Origin
Jouy-En-Josas; France; Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
This fabric was designed by Jean-Baptiste Huet and manufactured at the Jouy printworks in France, between 1785 and 1790.
Date
1951-1969
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: pinned to reverse (white tag)
Inscription: G/69.1730.2/c on reverse (Illegible)
Type: Label
Location: written on lining of return
Inscription: MR. DuPonts Sitting R/upstairs E #3/ (straight)/ 24"(stamped)
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Plate printed
- Mordant style
Dimensions (inches)
70 (W) x 17 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
177.8 (W) x 43.18 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Clouzot, Henri & Morris, Frances. 1927 Painted and Printed Fabrics : The History of the Manufactory at Jouy and Other Ateliers in France 1760-1815.
• Pictured: Plate XXIV.