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Designer:
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811  Search this
Manufacturer:
Oberkampf & Cie., (Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759–1815)  Search this
Medium:
Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave
Type:
printed, dyed & painted textiles
Textile
Object Name:
Textile
Made in:
Jouy, France
Date:
1790–1791
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Length of printed cotton with scenes printed in red on white. In one scene, Louis XVI is shown taking the oath of loyalty at the Altar of Liberty while Marie Antoinette and the Dauphin pledge allegiance; Lafayette is in the background. In another scene people are dancing on the ruins of the Bastille. The fabric was designed after the fall of the Bastille (July 14, 1789) but before the beheading of Louis XVI (January 21, 1793) and is regarded as an attempt by Oberkampf to remain on good terms with both the Royalists and the Revolutionaries.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
Accession Number:
1957-51-1-c
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq43cd6ee94-e37e-4872-a880-8a0c29ffb8a1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1957-51-1-c