Textile with factory stamp
Medium
printed, dyed & painted textiles
Classification
printed, dyed & painted textiles
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Cora Ginsburg
Accession Number
1994-80-4
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of 18th French textiles with this *Textile with factory stamp* from Oberkampf &., a pioneering manufactory in Jouy-enosas, France (active 1759–1815). Produced between 1762 and 1783, this piece exemplifies the height of the factory's innovation under founder Christophe-Philippe Oberkamp, who transformed textile printing into an art form. The medium—printed, dyed, and painted cotton—showcases meticulous techniques like copperplate printing, which allowed for intricate, continuous patterns far surpassing earlier block-printing methods. Oberkampf's Jouy fabrics, often ...