Chef de piece
date: label: Date
content: 1787–90
name: label: Company
content: Torcat & Long, c1787
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Exotic flowers and palm trees in black, two reds, blue and dull yellow. From the shape it appears that this fabric was used as upholstery on a chair.
place: label: made in
content: Rouen, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Cora Ginsburg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1994-80-32
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Chef de piece
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen warp, cotton weft Technique: block printed on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: Warp: 54 cm (21 1/4 in.). Weft: 80 cm (31 1/2 in.) Both selvedges present. Piece seamed together horizontally near the bottom. Pattern: Sophisticated concept for this period of block printing in northern France: the design does not repeat across the width of the fabric but if lengths of fabric were sewn together correctly they would form a half-drop repeat. Height of repeat not present.