"Le Romain", four pairs of cotton curtains printed with a monochrome repeating pattern depicting vignettes of Roman monuments including the Pantheon and the Arch of Titus and Constantine, also with a scene of figures dancing framed by a draped curtain, and figures by a campfire and in front of a shrine, against a geometric patterned ground--114in x 29in., with later lining, designed by Jean Baptiste Huet for the Oberkampf manufactory at Jouy in 1811, this cotton circa 1821 ; five matching mounted pelmets--each 58in x 10in; and ten tie backs

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"Le Romain", four pairs of cotton curtains printed with a monochrome repeating pattern depicting vignettes of Roman monuments including the Pantheon and the Arch of Titus and Constantine, also with a scene of figures dancing framed by a draped curtain, and figures by a campfire and in front of a shrine, against a geometric patterned ground--114in x 29in., with later lining, designed by Jean Baptiste Huet for the Oberkampf manufactory at Jouy in 1811, this cotton circa 1821 ; five matching mounted pelmets--each 58in x 10in; and ten tie backs
Literature
Bredif, Josette, Toiles Des Jouy : Classic Printed Textiles from France, 1760-1843, see page 36 for illustration of pattern and page 37 for illustration of engraving by Bartolomeo Pinelli from which the dancing figures are adapted.

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