Printed Textile Document

Dateca. 1760

Artist/Maker Gayet & Montgirod

MediumLinen warp, cotton weft (tabby weave)

DimensionsOverall: 39 x 75in. (99.1 x 190.5cm) Other (Design Repeat): 33 1/4in. (84.5cm) 48 warps per inch, 36 wefts per inch.

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1959-452,1

DescriptionTextile: copperplate print, peacock, seen from the rear to show plumage to advantage is perched on limb facing right. To left of peacock is raven with open beak, facing left. On a lower branch still further to the left is a parrot, facing left; beak open as if making a noise. Carefully -drawn foliage and flowers, including roses and morning glories. Printed in red on white. Historian Peter Floud remarks that this is one of the earlist documented French copperplate designs.
Label TextThroughout the eighteenth century, large bold prints were primarily used as furnishing fabrics throughout the household. Dating to about 1760, this piece is purported to be one of the earliest known French copperplate prints produced in Servres by the firm Gayet et Montgirod. The Cooper Hewitt Museum owns an identical piece and it retains its original makers mark. The mark reads: "Manufre Anglaise du Chateau de Seve/ (Unreadable) Bon Teint Dessin" and "2" in the upper left corner of a box divided into quarters.