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Christophe Philippe Oberkampf, manufacturer

Medallions Antiques, ca. 1800

Description

Maker

  • Jean-Baptiste Huet, 1745-1811, French, designer
  • Christophe Philippe Oberkampf, 1738-1815, French, manufacturer

Culture

French

Title

Medallions Antiques

Year

ca. 1800

Medium

Cotton plain weave with copperplate prinitng

Place

Jouy

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of Miss Mary L. Crosby

Object Number

81.085a

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Lost in the Museum

October 5, 2018 - August 25, 2019

Historically, museums have often prioritized textiles that look new over those showing signs of wear. These objects arrived on the same day in 1981, as part of the same donation. The largest piece of the textile was given a new number, 81.131B, while the irregularly sized and repaired pieces were left unlabeled, then forgotten in storage. That these scraps had been saved and carefully repaired speaks to how highly work by Jean-Baptiste Huet and the Oberkampf factory was prized, both for its visual appeal and technological innovation.

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