Length of Dress Fabric

Description

While lush fantasy flowers and topical printed fabrics commanded more attention, small floral patterns were the bread and butter of all cotton printing firms, from the artistically superior Oberkampf factory near Paris to smaller firms all over Europe.

Length of Dress Fabric

Oberkampf Manufactory

c. 1785

Accession Number

14966

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; block printed

Dimensions

104.1 × 88.1 cm (41 × 34 3/4 in.); Repeat: H.: 22.3 cm (8 7/8 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Allerton