TEXTILE COLUMN: FOR THE LOVE OF TOILE DU JOUY
Toile Du Jouy , A Fabric Pattern Telling A Story With A Single Glance Bengale wallpaper by French maker Manual Canovas showcase of Toile, AD Home magazine Marcel Fabric Print , a favorite Chinoiserie Toile by Brunschwig & Fils The European History of Toile- The name Toile can be traced to a small town near Versailles called Jouy en Josas . Originally created on cotton and made with a copper plate process. Toile was first created in the 1700s as a single-colored print fabric with a repeated pattern. T he original Toile Du Jouy is known to be manufactured in France by Oberkampf in Jouy-en-Josas between the years of 1760-1840s. The qualities of the indiennes de Jouy were appreciated by the French court after Queen Marie-Antoinette visited the factory in 1781 and the factory was then named Manufacture Royale . It was a struggle as the factory then f aced difficulties of getting white cotton from India, So, soon, Oberkam...
