Furnishing textile: La liberté américaine. Jean Baptiste Huet (French painter, 1745 - 1811) for Oberkampf. Jouy-en-Josas, France. c. 1789. Cotton tabby with copperplate printing. 934.4.447.B Harry Wearne Collection, Gift of Mrs. Harry Wearne.
Textile titled "Le Mariage de Figaro". Oberkampf. Jouy-en-Josas, France. late 18th century. Copperplate printed cotton and linen. 934.4.486 Harry Wearne Collection, Gift of Mrs. Harry Wearne.
Fellowship Year: 1999
Project Title: 18th- and Early 19th-century Printed Textiles
18th- and Early 19th-century Printed Textiles
The ROM holds Canada’s largest collection of printed textiles (3000 objects) dating from the mid-18th century to the mid-19th century. Siegele add the ROM collection to her extensive, international study of printed toiles of 18th- and early 19th-century. She conducted a thorough study of the graphic sources of reference and inspiration for furnishing textile prints that depicted narrative images and scenes.
About the Fellow:
Starr Siegele is the Research Curator for Printed Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago. She haspreviously worked as a curator at the Allentown Art Museum in Allentown, PA, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Starr Siegele is the Research Curator for Printed Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago. She haspreviously worked as a curator at the Allentown Art Museum in Allentown, PA, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Related Publications: “Tales in Textiles,” in Rotunda, Winter 2001: pp. 20-27.
Toiles for all season : French & English printed textiles, Boston : Bunker Hill Pub. in association with Allentown Art Museum, 2004.
“Tales in Textiles,” in Rotunda, Winter 2001: pp. 20-27.
Toiles for all season : French & English printed textiles, Boston : Bunker Hill Pub. in association with Allentown Art Museum, 2004.
