{"id":484,"date":"2013-06-14T19:32:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T19:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/14\/monochrome-pictorial-prints-the-glorious-toiles-de-jouy-2\/"},"modified":"2013-06-14T19:32:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T19:32:00","slug":"monochrome-pictorial-prints-the-glorious-toiles-de-jouy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/monochrome-pictorial-prints-the-glorious-toiles-de-jouy-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Monochrome Pictorial Prints – The Glorious Toiles de Jouy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nFrom early days, patterns were printed on cloth using a
\nwooden block. Areas of the block were carved away leaving a relief design that
\nwas then colored from a tub of dye.  The
\nblock was firmly pressed on the stretched cloth ground and allowed to dry,
\nbefore another color was added using another carved block.  This process was time consuming and required
\nprecision for the registration of the pattern, therefore it could not be used
\nfor mass production.<\/div>\n
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\n In the 1700\u2019s a new
\ntechnique was advanced using large copper plates.  The large plates were able to be engraved in great detail (much
\nlike etchings).  The inked plate was
\nthen pressed onto the cloth.  The large
\nsize of the plate, sometimes as large as 3 feet square, could represent an
\nentire scene and could be repeated with good registration for lengths of cloth.
\nOccasionally, depending upon the skill of the printer, a thin, horizontal white
\nline can be detected where one impression would end. The drawback to this
\nprocedure was the difficulty in printing in more than one color and so the
\nmajority of these fabrics were printed with madder, indigo or woad dyes.  Nevertheless these are some of the finest
\nprinted fabrics produced in France and Britain,18thC monochrome pictorial
\nprints, referred to as Toiles de Jouy, \u201cToile\u201d is French for cloth and \u201cJouy\u201d
\nrefers to the village near Versailles where the most famous of these cloths
\nwere produced.  the factory at Jouy was established by Oberkampf in 1760.  Christophe-Phillipe Oberkamph was a German-born naturalized Frenchman who, through his skills in the processes of engraving and dyeing of fabric patterns, was named “Royal Manufacturer” by the French king.  He is also known for creating a process for the manufacture of wallpaper.<\/div>\n
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Monochrome c. 1800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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\nThroughout the years these monochromes were reproduced and
\nadapted with small changes made to the original design.<\/div>\n
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\nToile c. 1830<\/div>\n
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Toile c.1890<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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\nToile c.1920<\/div>\n
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\nThe themes of these pictorials can be classified into broad
\ncategories: pastoral, romantic, mythological and historical  If one takes the motif of  these categories as definition of a toile
\ndesign, it becomes necessary to include printed fabrics of the 20thC also.  Although at first glance these stylized
\ntextiles are not recognized as toiles (they are multicolored and were often
\nprinted on coarsely woven ground fabrics such as \u201cbarkcloth\u201d) they do belong to
\nthis category of printed textiles.  I
\nwill bring examples of these contemporary cloths for you in a future blog.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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