1780 circa
Fabric sample
Toile de Jouy, in rose & white on cotton/flax, entitled “La Peche Maritime”. Made at La Manufacture de Oberkampf a Jouy pres Versaille. Similar sample in the Museum of Decorative Arts, Louvre. Print portrays a contemporary shipping scene with vegetation, five men, sailing ships and fishing nets. This type of fabric was used for bed sets, robes, furnishings, table linens and dresses.
Provenance:
Nellie Gard, purchased from Elinor Merrell, 50 E 57th St. NYC
Construction Label:
Copperplate print
1934T 1780.129
Toile de Jouy, in rose & white on cotton/flax, entitled “La Peche Maritime”. Made at La Manufacture de Oberkampf a Jouy pres Versaille. Similar sample in the Museum of Decorative Arts, Louvre. Print portrays a contemporary shipping scene with vegetation, five men, sailing ships and fishing nets. This type of fabric was used for bed sets, robes, furnishings, table linens and dresses.
Provenance:
Nellie Gard, purchased from Elinor Merrell, 50 E 57th St. NYC
Construction Label:
Copperplate print
1934T 1780.129