Costume and Textiles Printed Textile Ogives with rosettes and pomegranates. Made in Francec. 1760 Artist/maker unknown, French Block-printed cotton plain weave * Gallery 271, Costume and Textiles, second floor 1929-164-324 Purchased with funds contributed by Mrs. Alfred Stengel, from the Henri Clouzot Collection, 1929 |
LabelThis fragment was likely made in Bourge, near Orléans, France, soon after the establishment of a print works in that city in 1757. Its design of a pomegranate set within a lattice reinterprets a woven textile design from the second half of the sixteenth century. The cotton cloth is similar in texture to the cotton-and-linen textile called siamoise. It is of a type known by the term indienne ordinaire, a reference to its color, pincotage (small dots of color), and hatching (technique where shading is built up through a series of thin strokes or lines).* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
