Les Travaux de la Manufacture (The Activities of the Factory) (Furnishing Fabric)
Date:
1783/84
Artist:
Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811) Manufactured by Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (naturalized French, 1738-1815), Oberkampf Manufactory (French, 1760-1843) Jouy-en-Josas, France
Inscription: Manufacture Royale de S-D & Oberkampf
Dimensions
100.4 × 91.7 cm (39 1/2 × 36 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Potter Palmer II
Reference Number
1953.306
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Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces of Western Textiles, Jan. 25–Mar. 2, 1969.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th Century, Sept. 27, 1989–Jan. 22, 1990.
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