Les Monuments de Chine (The Monuments of China) (Furnishing Fabric)

Textiles

1805/10

Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811) or Hippolyte Lebas (French, 1782–1867)
Manufactured by Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (naturalized French, 1738-1815), Oberkampf Manufactory (French, 1760-1843)
Jouy-en-Josas, French

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artists: Jean Baptiste Huet (Designer) , Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (Producer) , Hippolyte Lebas (Designer) , Oberkampf Manufactory (Manufacturer)
Title: Les Monuments de Chine (The Monuments of China) (Furnishing Fabric), Les Chinois (The Chinese) (Furnishing Fabric)
Places: Jouy-en-Josas (Object made in), France (Object made in)
Date: Made 1805-1815
Medium: Cotton, plain weave; engraved roller and block printed
Dimensions: 239.1 × 96.9 cm (94 1/8 × 38 1/4 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 52 cm (20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Julian Armstrong, Jr.
Reference Number: 1976.91
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Christa C. Mayer Thurman, “Neoclassicism on Cloth,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 15, 1 (1989), 53, fig 8 (ill.).

Art Institute of Chicago, Selected Textile Acquisitions Since 1973, Dec. 15, 1977–Mar. 26, 1978.
Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, Printed Fabrics from the Permanent Collection, Aug. 8, 1981–Jan. 31, 1982.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, 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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