Nina, or the Fool for Love

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Nantes (made)

Plate printed cotton after an etching by Jean-François Janinet (1752-1814) based on works by Claude-Jean-Baptiste Hoin (1750-1814) of scenes from 'Nina, or the Fool for Love', red on white. The figure seated on a garden bench under a canopy is based on the etching of 1787, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington or The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown (1955.2357).

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Categories	Textiles Interiors Opera
Object type	Furnishing fabric
Title	Nina, or the Fool for Love (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Plate-printed cotton Cotton Printing
Brief description	plate printed cotton, about 1790, French; Nantes, Gorgerat; from Nicolas Dalayrac's opera 'Nina ou la Folle par Amour' (Nina or the Fool for Love) (1786), after etching by Jean-François Janinet.
Physical description	Plate printed cotton after an etching by Jean-François Janinet (1752-1814) based on works by Claude-Jean-Baptiste Hoin (1750-1814) of scenes from 'Nina, or the Fool for Love', red on white. The figure seated on a garden bench under a canopy is based on the etching of 1787, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington or The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown (1955.2357).
Dimensions	Width: 92cm Length: 103cm Pattern repeat: 100 cm
Object history	Acquired from Madame Mayoux, a Parisian gallery owner and colllector, along with other printed cottons, in 1919.
Literary reference	Nina ou la Folle par Amour (1786)
Bibliographic reference	Sarah Grant, Toiles de Jouy. French Printed Cottons (London: V&A Publishing, 2010), pp. 90-91, no. 46.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.489-1919

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O259297/nina-or-the-fool-for-furnishing-fabric-unknown/

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