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Length of Brocaded Silk

1723–1774

style of Jean Baptiste Pillement

(French, 1728–1808)

France, 18th century

Brocade; silk, gold and silver threads

Overall: 53.3 x 104.1 cm (21 x 41 in.)

Gift of The Textile Arts Club 1937.21

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Artist biography

Jean Baptiste Pillement

In the early part of his career, he worked as a textile designer at the Gobelins factory, and as a decorative painter in Spain and Portugal. He eventually moved to London, where in 1955 he published the first of many books of Chinoiserie designs. However, he was most well-known for his prints of flowers. His popularity waned significantly when Rococo design fell out of fashion at the end of the century.

Citations

Wardwell, Anne E. Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984 : [Exhibition] 21 November-30 December 1984, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1984.

Exhibition history

Chinoiserie in Textiles and Engravings, 18th-19th Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 28-April 7, 1940).

Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 21-December 30, 1984).

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