Set of curtains and slipcovers. Copperplate printed cotton textile depicts vignettes of a man, his son, and a donkey, printed in red on a white ground. The scenes are based on an Aesop's fable by the same name. Originally printed by the Oberkampf factory in Jouy-en-Jousas, France, this print was based on a design by Jean Baptiste Huet after Jean Baptiste Oudry's original. This popular design originated circa 1806 but continued in popularity well into the 20th century.
toile (textile material)
cloth
cotton (textile)
toile (textile material)
Cloth Fragment
Used At Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.3467.1-.13
Lincoln (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)
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