Furnishing Fabric
1750-1799 (Printed)
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The textile has been block printed but the three red motifs imitate the monochrome impressions of copper-plate printing.
The fables depicted are 'Le Loup et la Cigogne' and 'Le Corbeau et le Renard'. This Toile de Jouy was published in Henry René d'Allemagne's La toile imprimée et les indiennes de traite, Paris: Gründ, 1942, Tome II, plate 161, with an 'SDM Oberkampf' manufacturer's stamp (1778-1783) and is now back in the Musée de la Toile de Jouy's collections. Another example of this toile is in the MISE (inv. 954.256.1, and is published in the catalogue, Littérature et Toile Imprimée, 1965, no.2.
The fables depicted are 'Le Loup et la Cigogne' and 'Le Corbeau et le Renard'. This Toile de Jouy was published in Henry René d'Allemagne's La toile imprimée et les indiennes de traite, Paris: Gründ, 1942, Tome II, plate 161, with an 'SDM Oberkampf' manufacturer's stamp (1778-1783) and is now back in the Musée de la Toile de Jouy's collections. Another example of this toile is in the MISE (inv. 954.256.1, and is published in the catalogue, Littérature et Toile Imprimée, 1965, no.2.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Block-printed cotton |
| Brief description | Manufacture Royale des Sieurs Jacques P Mainville & Fils, Orléans; block printed, imitating plate printing , 1750-1799, French. |
| Physical description | The textile has been block printed but the three red motifs imitate the monochrome impressions of copper-plate printing. The fables depicted are 'Le Loup et la Cigogne' and 'Le Corbeau et le Renard'. This Toile de Jouy was published in Henry René d'Allemagne's La toile imprimée et les indiennes de traite, Paris: Gründ, 1942, Tome II, plate 161, with an 'SDM Oberkampf' manufacturer's stamp (1778-1783) and is now back in the Musée de la Toile de Jouy's collections. Another example of this toile is in the MISE (inv. 954.256.1, and is published in the catalogue, Littérature et Toile Imprimée, 1965, no.2. |
| Literary reference | La Fontaine, Jean de, <i>Fables choisies mises en vers</i>, Paris:1668. |
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| Accession number | T.495-1919 |
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| Record created | February 22, 2007 |
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