Les Coquecigrues

Oberkampf & Cie.ca. 1792

Small-scale design of exotic flowers and fantastical insects in blue, green, yellow, and many shades of purple, red and pink on an ochre ground.

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Title: Les Coquecigrues
Creator: Oberkampf & Cie.
Creator Lifespan: 1758/1815
Date Created: ca. 1792
Physical Dimensions: w430 x h285 cm
Type: Textile
Rights: Gift of Josephine Howell
Medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed with some colors applied by brush, on plain weave foundation
Provenance: ex. coll. Jacques Martin scrapbook
Exhibitions: New York, NY, Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Color by the Yard: Printed Fabric 1760-1860, November 3, 1987 - March 13, 1988.
Dimensions: H x W: 28.6 x 43.2 cm (11 1/4 x 17 in.)Repeat H: 26.4 cm (10 3/8 in.)
Bibliography: Bredif, Josette. Printed French Fabrics Toiles de Jouy (New York: Rizzoli, 1989) pl 53.

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