Toile de Jouy
Toile de Jouy is a cotton or linen printed in a single colour on a pale ground with pictorial scenes, named after the factory at Jouy-en-Josas near Versailles.
Toile de Jouy shows landscapes, pastoral scenes or historical episodes printed in one colour, often red, blue or black, on cream cloth. It is named after the printworks founded by Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf at Jouy-en-Josas in the eighteenth century, which used engraved copper plates and later rollers to print fine, detailed images.
Is it only French?
The name is French, but English and other printers made similar designs, and the style is still widely reproduced for furnishing.
Sources
- Toile de Jouy (AAT 300231747). Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Toile de Jouy (Q1422692). Wikidata
See also
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