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Textile, printed (Ex-valance)
La Leçon de Danse (The Dance Lesson)
1780-1790
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1957.0075.003
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1957.0075.003
Object Name
Textile, printed (Ex-valance)
Title
La Leçon de Danse (The Dance Lesson)
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Date
1780-1790
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Pinned on tag
Inscription: "T50 / 57.75.3" (graphite)
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Plate printed
- Woven (plain)
- Raised style
Dimensions (inches)
51.75 (W) x 19.25 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
131.445 (W) x 48.895 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles.
Vertical design repeat: 38 3/8 inches
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Manuscript: Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
• See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.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 print technology: pp. 87-88, 97.Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with similar pattern, p. 269, fig. 279; information on Chinoiseries, pp. 265-269Book: D'Allemagne, Henry-René & Clouzot, Henri. 1942 La Toile Imprimée et les Indiennes de Traïte. II.
• Similar: pl. 182 as "La Lecon de Danse"Book: Sayer, Robert & Pillement, Jean Baptiste. 1959 Ladies Amusement or Whole Art of Japanning Made Easy (orig. c. 1760).
• Similar: pl. 52Book: Riffel, Melanie, et al. 2003 Toile De Jouy: Printed Textiles in the Classical French Style.
• Similar: p. 170-171, #235