Painted and Printed Fabrics: The History of the Manufactory at Jouy and Other Ateliers in France, 1760-1815; Notes on the History of Cotton Printing Especially in England and America
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1927. Hardcover. Decorated beige cloth, tan paper title block on spine, 108 text pp plus 92 bw plates. VG, owner's signature on ffep NOT exlibrary like picture. Item #19300
"The art of printed cotton or toile imprimee -- that charming caprice that dominated French fashions of the eighteenth century -- may be summed up for posterity in a single name: Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf, the epic founder of the manufactory at Jouy. But just as Philippe de Lasalle and Reveillon, though outstanding figures in their respective industries of silk and wallpaper, are not alone in production, it would be unjust to the memory of this great industrialist to isolate him from the general movement in which he was the chief actor, or to remove his name from the time-honored annals of printed cottons, which under the guidance of his inspired genius reached the zenith of their glory. All history is inter-related." (intro) And so it goes. This narrative history and selected bibliography are followed by illustrations of representative samples.
OCLC: 2015414
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