A type of printed calico with a characteristic floral, figure, or landscape design on a light background.
‘For those who preferred it, such a design could also be painted directly on paneling or printed on toile de Jouy.’
‘The first section of this exhibition traces the path taken on his canvases by the toile de Jouy, a length of flower-printed cotton that brought Matisse to the brink of abstraction in the opening decade of the twentieth century.’
‘At the far left of the photograph, taking its rightful place alongside Matisse's other possessions and draped over a frame, is the toile de Jouy - a textile that inspired so much of Matisse's art.’
‘Of the myriad textiles Matisse collected throughout his life, the blue and white toile de Jouy had the most profound effect on his journey toward abstraction.’
‘The grand hall, rather oddly, is decorated with a blue toile de Jouy wallpaper, the sort you usually see in bedrooms.’
Origin
Originally made at Jouy-en-Josas, near Paris.
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