Chinoiseries (Furnishing Fabric)
Jean Baptiste Pillement
c. 1780
Medium
Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed
Dimensions
231.1 × 92.7 cm (91 × 36 1/2 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
57141
About the Artist
Jean Baptiste Pillement · 1728–1808
In the early part of his career, he worked as a textile designer at the Gobelins factory, and as a decorative painter in Spain and Portugal. He eventually moved to London, where in 1955 he published the first of many books of Chinoiserie designs. However, he was most well-known for his prints of flowers. His popularity waned significantly when Rococo design fell out of fashion at the end of the ce...