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Les Losanges furnishing fabric

Designed by: Jean-Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811)
Printed by: Manufacture Royale de Oberkampf à Jouy
French (Juoy-en-Josas)
About 1800
Object Place: Juoy, France

Medium/Technique Cotton plain weave, copperplate-printed
Dimensions 90.7 x 95.8 cm (35 11/16 x 37 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Streeter
Accession Number59.1042
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionCopperplate print in mauve on natural cotton. Circular and lozenge medallions, containing figures in classical style, superimposed on a lozenge trellis ground enclosing trophies, compositions of birds, fruits, etc. Worn; cotton browned; a number of small holes. Both selveges present. Narrow strip of same fabric sewn along right side.
Provenance1959, Mrs. Edward C. Streeter, Stonington, CT; gift of Mrs. Streeter to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1959)