Gorgerat Frères
"Zéphyr et Flore" toile de Nantes with chef de pièce, ca. 1800
cotton
50.5 x 37 in.
$800
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Rare copperplate-printed cotton of 'Zéphyr et Flore' (Zephyr and Flora) produced by Gorgerat Frères et Cie. of Nantes. Cut and pieced panel forming part of a valance and curtain, with...
Rare copperplate-printed cotton of "Zéphyr et Flore" (Zephyr and Flora) produced by Gorgerat Frères et Cie. of Nantes. Cut and pieced panel forming part of a valance and curtain, with the chef de pièce visible along the valance. With some fading.
For information on Gorgerat Frères, which existed from about 1785 to 1815, see Henri Clouzot, Histoire de la manufacture de Jouy et de la toile imprimée en France (1928), pp. 164-65; and Henry-Rene d'Allemagne, La toile imprimée et les indiennes de traite (1942), p. 111.
Was $1,000; discounted to $800
