Les monuments d'Égypte, ca. 1808, French, Jouy-en-Josas, Roller-printed cotton, L. 98 1/2 x W. 38 inches (250.2 x 96.5 cm), Textiles-Printed, After an illustration by Louis François Cassas (French, Azay-le-Ferron 1756–1827 Versailles), This type of monochromatic pictorial cotton, toile de Jouy, takes its name from the village near Versailles where the first printed textile factory in France was founded. Started by Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (1738–1815), who had been brought up in the textile industry, the factory began work in 1760
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Les monuments d'Égypte, ca, 1808, French, Jouy-en-Josas, Roller-printed cotton, L, 98 1/2 x W, 38 inches, 250.2 96.5 cm, Textiles-Printed, After an illustration by Louis François Cassas, Azay-le-Ferron, 1756–1827, Versailles, type, monochromatic pictorial, cotton, toile de, Jouy, takes, name, village, first printed, textile, factory, France, founded, Started, Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf, 1738–1815, up, textile industry, work, 1760
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