Description: Piece of copperplate-printed, red and white, plain weave cotton (toile de jouy) said to be in the pattern of "Les Asphodeles traitee dans le style des fleurs de I'Inde. Jouy oberkampf 1785" (Daffodiles treated in the style of the flowers of India). Toile de Jouy were printed fabrics on cotton or linen that became popular in 18th century France. They were first manufactured at a factory in Jouy-en-Josas, a village located southwest of Paris, near Versailles, founded in 1760 by German-born Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (1738-1815). The toiles represented primarily monochromatic landscapes with figures.
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