Toile de Jouy
- Date
- 1760 · confidence medium
- Place
- Jouy-en-Josas, Île-de-France, France
- Credited to
- Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A printed fabric featuring pastoral scenes and narrative motifs in a single color on a light background, produced at Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf's manufactory in Jouy-en-Josas using engraved copper plates.
What it led to
- Popularization of large-scale textile printing in France
- A decorative style still used in upholstery and wallpaper
- Boost to the 18th-century French cotton industry