Les Monuments d'Egypte (The Monuments of Egypt) (Furnishing Fabric)

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Textiles

c. 1800

Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811) after engravings by Pagelet (French) and others after paintings by Louis François Cassas (French, 1756–1827)
Manufactured by Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (naturalized French, 1738-1815), Oberkampf Manufactory (French, 1760-1843)
Jouy-en-Josas, France

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artists: Jean Baptiste Huet (Designer) , Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (Producer) , Louis François Cassas (Draftsman) , Pagelet (Engraver) , Pierre Gabriel Berthault (Engraver) , Oberkampf Manufactory (Manufacturer)
Title: Les Monuments d'Egypte (The Monuments of Egypt) (Furnishing Fabric)
Places: Jouy-en-Josas (Object made in:), France (Object made in:)
Date: Made 1800-1816
Medium: Cotton, plain weave; engraved roller and block printed
Dimensions: 249.9 × 95.6 cm (98 3/8 × 37 5/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 51.2 cm (20 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Julian Armstrong, Jr.
Reference Number: 1976.89
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Christa C. Mayer Thurman, “Neoclassicism on Cloth,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 15, 1 (1989): 53, fig. 7 (ill.).

Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery. Selected Textile Acquisitions Since 1973, Dec. 15, 1977–Mar. 26, 1978.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney Textile Gallery, English and French Printed Textiles: History on Cloth, May 1–Aug. 11, 1991.

Elinor Merrell (died 1993), Elinor Merrell Antiques, New York, by 1976 [invoice, Apr. 29, 1976; permanent receipt RX10586, May 7, 1976, in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1976

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