La Fete de la Federation (The Festival of the Federation)
date: label: Date
content: 1790–91
name: label: Designer
content: Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811
label: Manufacturer
content: Oberkampf & Cie., (Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759–1815)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Length of printed cotton with scenes printed in red on white. In one scene, Louis XVI is shown taking the oath of loyalty at the Altar of Liberty while Marie Antoinette and the Dauphin pledge allegiance; Lafayette is in the background. In another scene people are dancing on the ruins of the Bastille. The fabric was designed after the fall of the Bastille (July 14, 1789) but before the beheading of Louis XVI (January 21, 1793) and is regarded as an attempt by Oberkampf to remain on good terms with both the Royalists and the Revolutionaries.
place: label: made in
content: Jouy, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-51-1-a
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Object Name
content: Textile
label: Type
content: Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 184.2 x 139.1 cm (72 1/2 x 54 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Repeat H: 102.9 cm (40 1/2 in.)