"Les Coquecigrues"

Manufactory Oberkampf Manufactory French

ca. 1792

Not on view

The unknown designer of this printed cotton combined fantastical creatures (the "coquecigrues" of the title) with a brilliant palette and lush foliate patterns emulating Indian "chintz"– drawn and painted resist and mordant dyed cottons. This appealing block printed design must have proven popular as the Oberkampf manufactory continued to reproduce it on textiles across decades. Indeed, in 1818, three years after the death of the manufactory's founder, Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (1738–1815), the design was updated with a white ground and used to decorate the bedroom of Oberkampf's adult daughter, Emilie, Mme. Jules Mallet.

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Provenance

Title: "Les Coquecigrues"
Manufactory: Oberkampf Manufactory (French, active 1760–1843)
Date: ca. 1792
Culture: French, Jouy-en-Josas
Medium: Cotton
Dimensions: L. 29 3/4 x W. 27 3/4 inches
75.6 x 70.5 cm
Classification: Textiles-Printed
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Object Number: 27.195.3
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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