RELEASED TO MUSEUM --Four Fragments/Lengths of Printed Textiles, Late 18th - Early 19th Century - One is Toile de Jouy

THE FIRST (Top left, first image)
Fragment of cotton textile printed with madder (red) dye in a pictorial scene titled "Grandfather's Farm". The fabric piece runs from selvage to selvage and there are fragments of thread that remain from hand-sewn seams at both selvage. Additionally, there are diagonal lines of hand-stitching remnants that suggest this piece may has been quilted. There is also a sign that this piece may have been padded as there is a small sample of padding that remains stitched to the backside. The strength of the madder dye various throughout the fragment and is strongest along the selvage edges where the fabric was within a seam. The museum label on the Tyvek folder holding the fabric reads:
Biedermeier
German; English(?)
Grandfather's Farm
About 1785
Cotton, Madder Dye
L 25.5" x W 28.5"

THE SECOND (Bottom left, first image)
Fragment of cotton textile printed with red (madder?) dye in a pictorial scene of people, buildings, animals, and fountains. The piece is hand-stitched to a backing around all edges. The fragment shows numerous old repairs of varying quality. A museum accession number is still attached to the backside mounting fabric.
Cotton, madder dye
Late 18th Century
W 33" x L 23"

THE THIRD
Fragment of cotton textile printed with madder dye in a pictorial scene with people, buildings, farm equipment, animals, and tress. The panel runs from selvage to selvage and has a cut edged on the bottom that shows a decorative finish. Additionally, there are diagonal lines of hand-stitching remnants that suggest this piece may have been quilted. The madder dye is fairly even throughout. The bottom hem of the piece has a specific cut shape that may suggest how this piece was used. The museum label on the Tyvek folder holding this fabric reads:
Europe
Toile; Farm Scenes
1805-1815
Cotton
L 36" x W 29"

THE FOURTH (Far right, first image)
Fragment of cotton textile printed with madder dye in a pictorial scene titled "Rousseau's Tomb". The fabric piece runs from the selvage edge on the right to a cut edged on the left. The bottom edge shows a decorative cut that suggests the piece was used for window dressings.
Cotton, madder dye
c. 1780
W 33" x L 23"

Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Condition:

THE FIRST
The overall condition is good, structurally, though there is a 2" x 2" section of loss on the right side and the dye in the print is faded in areas. Additionally, some of the hand-stitches across the fabric from the diagonal stitching has made small holes in the material and there is a darkening of the fabric near these stitches.

THE SECOND
The overall condition is fair with numerous old repairs throughout. The repaired sample is stable as it was sewn to a backing in what appears to be recent history.

THE THIRD
The overall condition is good with minor holes and discoloration.

THE FOURTH
The overall condition is good with several small brown spots throughout, several very small holes or snags in the fabric throughout from where it was hand-stitched.

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RELEASED TO MUSEUM --Four Fragments/Lengths of Printed Textiles, Late 18th - Early 19th Century - One is Toile de Jouy

Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Please email [email protected] for any additional information or questions you may have regarding this lot.

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RELEASED TO MUSEUM --Four Fragments/Lengths of Printed Textiles, Late 18th - Early 19th Century - One is Toile de Jouy

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