PROPERTY OF THE TAFT MUSEUM, CINCINNATI, OHIO
"Leda and the Swan" or "Le Lion Amoureux", a pair of cotton curtains printed with a monochrome repeating pattern of medallions depicting Leda and the Swan, Androcles and the Lion and the Sacrafice to Venus interspersed with neo-classical style motifs of urns, animals and masks--113in x 24.5in., with later lining, designed by Jean Baptiste Huet for the Oberkampf manufactory at Jouy, circa 1798; two matching mounted pelmets--52.5in x 10in; and four tie backs
Details
"Leda and the Swan" or "Le Lion Amoureux", a pair of cotton curtains printed with a monochrome repeating pattern of medallions depicting Leda and the Swan, Androcles and the Lion and the Sacrafice to Venus interspersed with neo-classical style motifs of urns, animals and masks--113in x 24.5in., with later lining, designed by Jean Baptiste Huet for the Oberkampf manufactory at Jouy, circa 1798; two matching mounted pelmets--52.5in x 10in; and four tie backs
Provenance
Elinor Merrill: Taft Museum Purchase, 1932
Literature
Bredif, Josette, Toiles de Jouy, Classic Printed Textiles from France 1760-1843, see page 67 for colour illustration of same pattern printed in shades of sage green.
Clouzot, Henri, Historie de la Manufacture de Jouy et la Toile Imprimeé en France, 1928, plate 26.
Clouzot, Henri, Historie de la Manufacture de Jouy et la Toile Imprimeé en France, 1928, plate 26.
Exhibited
Taft Museum, Patterns in a Revolution: French Printed Textiles, 1759-1821, 14 July - 26 August 1990.