CLASSIC FRENCH ANTIQUE TOILE DE JOUY PRINTED TEXTILE EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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CLASSIC FRENCH ANTIQUE TOILE DE JOUY PRINTED TEXTILE EARLY 19TH CENTURY:
$45.00

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VINTAGEFRENCHSTYLEANTIQUE FRENCH TOILE DE JOUY PANELLE BALLON DE GONESSE THE GONESSE BALLOON 1784.DESIGNED AT THE TOILE DE JOUY ET JONAS FACTORY AND CELEBRATES THE FIRST HOT AIR BALLOON FLIGHT THAT CRASHED NEAR VERSAILLES IN 1783.INTERESTINGLY THE BASKET CONTAINED A SHEEP.A COCKEREL AND A DUCK.
HISTORY DOES NOT RECORD WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE POOR CREATURES.
SPECTATORS WERE AFRAID OF THE BALLOON AND IT IS RECORDED THAT A MAN SHOT AT IT AND ANOTHER SPEARED IT WITH A PITCH FORK.
THIS IS SHOWN IN THE FABRICTHE COLOR IS A DEEP RED AS THE FIRST 3 PICTURES AND THE COLOR IS VERY VIBRANT.THE FABRIC HAS BEEN USED FOR UPHOLSTERY AS PART OF A BED HEAD PERHAPS
YOU CAN SEE THE MARKS AT THE TOP WERE THE TACKS WERE PLACED,THERE IS ALSO SOME DISCOLORATION TO THE TOP OF THE FABRIC WHICH MAY WASH AWAY BUT I HAVEN\'T WASHED IT THE MAJORITY IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. A VERY GENEROUS SIZE AT 50\" LONG x 18\" WIDE.Check out my other DE JOUY ORIGINATED AT THE FACTORY OF JOUY EN JONAS IN NORTHERN FRANCE AND MEANS LITERALLY CLOTH FROM THE TOWN OF JOUY EN JONASIT WAS ONLY IN PRODUCTION FROM 1760 TO 1843THE TERM TOILE DE JOUY BECAME GENERIC AND WAS PRODUCED ALL OVER FRANCE WE STILL USE THE TERM TODAY.Check out my other from satisfied customers.such a beautiful pillow! gorgeous textiles + expert construction; thank you!The workmanship on this item is outstanding, very happy with my purchaseEcstatic! BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL item fabulously packed Fab er Thanks a millionThe cushion is absolutely exquisite: thank you so much Deniseanother awesome piece, thanks again!!
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