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Length of Dress Fabric
Oberkampf Manufactory (Possibly Jouy-en-Josas, France)
c. 1785
- Medium
- Cotton, plain weave; block printed
- Classification
- Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions
- 104.1 × 88.1 cm (41 × 34 3/4 in.); Repeat: H.: 22.3 cm (8 7/8 in.)
- Culture
- Jouy-en-Josas
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Textiles
- Credit line
- Gift of Robert Allerton
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
While lush fantasy flowers and topical printed fabrics commanded more attention, small floral patterns were the bread and butter of all cotton printing firms, from the artistically superior Oberkampf factory near Paris to smaller firms all over Europe.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
