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Christophe Philippe Oberkampf

Medallions Antiques

Description

Maker

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

Culture

French

Title

Medallions Antiques

Year

ca. 1800

Medium

  • Cotton plain weave with copperplate prinitng

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Cotton plain weave with copperplate prinitng

Geography

Place Made: Jouy

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Miss Mary L. Crosby

Object Number

81.085a

Type

  • Textiles

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Lost in the Museum
Oct 05, 2018 – Aug 25, 2019

Label copy

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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Christophe Philippe Oberkampf (French, 1738-1815), manufacturer
Jean-Baptiste Huet (French, 1745-1811), designer
Medallions Antiques, ca. 1800
Cotton plain weave with copperplate prinitng
Gift of Miss Mary L. Crosby 81.085a

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