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Textile

Oberkampf & Cie.ca. 1795

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Small-scale design of overlapping rounded arches, each containing flowers growing from mounds. Each arch is composed of a green vine on a brown ground. Printed in black, purple, blue, green, yellow, and several shades of red and pink on an off-white ground. Overlapping arched forms contain a variety of plants growing from mounds. The framing device is brown with yellow edges and a green vine within.

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  • Title: Textile
  • Creator: Oberkampf & Cie.
  • Creator Lifespan: 1758/1815
  • Date Created: ca. 1795
  • Physical Dimensions: w345 x h300 cm
  • Type: Textile
  • Rights: Gift of Josephine Howell
  • Medium: Medium: cotton Technique: madder colors applied by block; other colors applied by brush; 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 through March 13, 1988.
  • Dimensions: H x W: 29.8 x 34.3 cm (11 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.)Repeat H: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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