UCONN HISTORICAL COSTUME & TEXTILE COLLECTION




1790 (1785 - 1790)

Fabric sample


Toile de Jouy, entitled, “Les Plaisirs de la ferme”; made at La Manufacture de Oberkampf a Jouy pres Versailles. A similar sample in the permanent collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The sample size less then 36 sq. in. with no repeats; cotton and/or flaxRose Designer: J.B. Huet; Clouzot and Morris, Plate XVIII; monochromatic print depicting farm life through the use of floating island scenes of farm life.




Provenance:
Gard, Nellie

Construction Label:
Copperplate print



1934T 1790.135