Length of Dress Fabric
Oberkampf Manufactory
1775–1795
- Medium
- Cotton, plain weave; block printed
- Dimensions
- 104.1 × 88.1 cm (41 × 34 3/4 in.); Repeat: H.: 22.3 cm (8 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
block printingcotton (textile)flowersfloral motifsweaving - printedTextileweaving18th Centuryjouy-en-Josasplain weaving
About
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.
