Indian In First Empire Length - Oberkampf Manufacture (?) Circa 1810-1820

Circa 1810-1820 France Rare Indian fabric, cotton with a yellow background printed with neo-classical rosettes or wheels dating from the First Empire or the First Restoration. The similarities with the samples drawn by Lagrenée at the Musée de la Toile de Jouy allow us to attribute this canvas to the Oberkampf factory in Jouy-en-Josas or later to the Barbet de Jouy Manufacture, its successor under the Restoration. This very fine cotton printed with dynamic rosettes was used as yardage or borders for interior decoration. A tiny area of black trace on the edge, otherwise Indian without holes, resistant and clean, having never been used. Very good state of color and conservation. Dimensions: 412 cm long by 156 cm wide in two complete strips. Gotlieb Widmaer described: When the taste for large Persian designs for furniture began to fade, they were replaced by rosettes and arabesques, printed in a single color on plain backgrounds of various shades. The effect of these designs emerged mainly from the borders with which the hangings and draperies were framed.... With red decoration on a yellow background... Extract from the "Napoleon and the Toile de Jouy catalog", Musée de la Toile de Jouy, 2003. pages 18,19.