About This Artwork

Design attributed to Jean Baptiste Huet
French, 1745–1811
Produced by Oberkampf Manufactory, 1738–1815
France, Jouy-en-Josas

Panel Entitled "L'Hommage de l'Amérique á la France" (America's Tribute to France), 1783/84

Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed
a: 245.9 x 85.0 cm (96 3/4 x 33 1/2 in.)
b: 246.4 x 87.7 cm (97 x 34 1/2 in.)
c: 247.35 x 95.3 cm (97 3/8 x 37 1/2 in.)
Warp repeat: 100.5 cm (39 1/2 in.)
Gift of the Antiquarian Society, 1928.1186a-c

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

1928.1186a:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Textile Gallery, "English and French Printed Textiles: History on Cloth," May 1–August 11, 1991

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "A Birthday Celebration: 100 Years of Antiquarian Society Textile Collecting 1890–1990," September 11–February 18, 1992




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