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Fragment of a valance
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Valance: America Paying Homage to France
Fragment of a valance
Fabric designed by: Jean-Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811)
Fabric manufactured by: Manufacture Royale de Oberkampf à Jouy
Fabric manufactured by: Manufacture Royale de Oberkampf à Jouy
French (Jouy)
after 1789
Object Place: Jouy, France
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave, copper-plate printed
Dimensions
47 x 142.2 cm (18 1/2 x 56 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne
Accession Number40.770a
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSection of a valance; cotton copperplate-printed blue on white with the personification of America paying homage to France; a post 1789 version of this design in which the figure of France no longer wears a crown and the fleur de lis formerly decorating the orb no longer appears
ProvenanceMrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; gift to the MFA, November 14, 1940