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The most famous cotton-printing factory was propitiously located at Jouy-en-Josas, half way between Paris and Versailles, the main residences of the French court - and the most desired market for these expensive furnishings textiles. \r\n\r\nThe scene depicts activities enjoyed by the wealthier classes in 18th-century Europe - the aristocracy and bourgeoisie who usually spent most of their lives in the city or at court and seem to have had a nostalgic view of the countryside as a place of leisure rather than work. Not suprisingly, all figures in the painting are dressed in the most fashionable attire of the 1780s, as they enjoy pursuits as varied as horse-riding and racing, fishing and picnicking.","physicalDescription":"Copper plate printed cotton, red (probably madder) on white ground, with scenes of rural activities, including riding and horse racing, fishing, eating, drinking and courting. Architectural features, non-European and European trees and urns of flowers complement the human content.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"cotton (textile)","id":"AAT14067"}],"techniques":[{"text":"plate-printing","id":"x33304"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Copper plate printed cotton","categories":[{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"}],"styles":[{"text":"Neo-classicism","id":"x38958"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2010CT5737","2010CT5817","2010CT5699","2011FC6681","2017JX2772"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"012","id":"THES310122"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Furnishing fabric","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Nantes","id":"x31192"},"association":{"text":"manufactured","id":"x29350"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"about 1795","earliest":"1795-01-01","latest":"1795-12-31"},"association":{"text":"manufactured","id":"x29350"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"106","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"95","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"101.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"repeat","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"One of the pieces of printed cotton purchased from Madame Mayoux, a Parisian gallery owner and collector, in 1919.","historicalContext":"The V&A collection of French printed cottons dating to 1760-1830 comprises more than 500 textile fragments. Over 300 pattern books contain 300,000 designs of French printed cottons from the 18th to 20th centuries. These collections were largely shaped by acquisitions from three sources: Dr Robert Forrer, a Swiss-born archaeologist and antiques dealer (V&A acquisition in 1899), Madame Mayoux, a Parisian gallery owner and collector (V&A acquisitions in 1919) and Sara Lee Courtaulds (donation of Courtaulds' archive of pattern books, including eight from Oberkampf's factory at Jouy, in 2000). Other examples have been acquired by textile curators.","briefDescription":"printed cotton, about 1795, French; Plate printed, Petitpierre et Cie, Nantes; <i>Rural Festivities</i>; brown on white","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Sarah Grant, <i>Toiles de Jouy. 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