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Detail: Pattern
Curtain made from fabric titled "La Liberté Americane"
Designed by: Jean-Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811)
Printed by: Manufacture Royale de Oberkampf à Jouy
Printed by: Manufacture Royale de Oberkampf à Jouy
French
about 1783
Object Place: Jouy, France
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave, copperplate printed
Dimensions
277 x 142.2 cm (109 1/16 x 56 in.)
Credit Line
Textile Special Fund and Weld Collection
Accession Number39.53
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionCurtain with scalloped edge at bottom made from French red copper-plate printed cotton depicting pastoral scenes and neo-classical ornament. Medallions at center, which originally depicted putti, were re-etched on the plate with designs from the front and back of Franklin Peace Medal designed by Gibelin and executed by Dupré in 1782. Orignally titled, "Les occupations villageoises," and retitled "La Liberté Americaine. Stamped at the top "Manufacture de Oberkampf a Jouy près Versailles."
ProvenanceMiss Amy Pleadwell; purchased by the MFA, January 12, 1939