Recipe Dye Book with Printed Swatches

Textiles

c. 1845

Possibly manufactured by Oberkampf Manufactory (French, 1760-1843)
Possibly Jouy-en-Josas, France

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artists: Oberkampf Manufactory (Manufacturer) , Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (Producer)
Title: Recipe Dye Book with Printed Swatches
Places: France (Object made in:), Jouy-en-Josas (Object Possibly made in)
Date: Made 1835-1855
Medium: Cotton, plain and velvet weaves with printed patterns; total of 704 swatches
Inscriptions: On first page in pencil: "Oberkampf à Jouy"
Dimensions: Measurements of swatches: Length: 4 cm (1 1/2 in.), 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.), 2.4 cm (15/16 in.) Width: 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.), 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in.), 8.8 cm (3 1/2 in.) Measurement of volume: Height: 37 cm (14 1/2 in.) Width: 5.4 cm (9 7/8 in.) Depth: .3 cm (1 3/8 in.) Measurement of box: Height: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.) Width: 27 cm 27 cm (10 5/8 in.) Depth: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland
Reference Number: 1957.639
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Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, Textile Paper Designs, Sample and Pattern Books, Woodblocks and Tools from the Permanent Collection, July 7-Dec. 31, 1984.

Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland (1881-1978; born Belle McCullough, also Belle Borland), Chicago, by 1957; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, by 1957.

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