Toiles de jouy
by Sarah Grant
CatalogsTextile printingDesignCotton textilesVictoria and Albert MuseumHistoryTextile fabrics, franceExhibitions
Originally referring only to the famed fabrics of Jouyen-Josas, 'toiles de Jouy' has today become the catch-all term for the delightful printed cottons preferred by the aristocratic elite in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century France, made famous by the palaces of Marie-Antoinette and Empress Josephine.
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