Toile de Guerre (War Toile)
Unknown Designer
ca. 1916 · Printed cotton · Modern and Contemporary Art
This French printed toile, or textile, based on traditional French printed toiles de Jouy, was intended to boost patriotism during World War I and incorporates various nationalistic and victorious symbols with roots in ancient classicism. These motifs are rendered in a manner both up-to-date and traditional, making them topical and movingly nostalgic.
- Artist
- Unknown Designer
- Date
- ca. 1916
- Medium
- Printed cotton
- Department
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Eddystone Manufacturing Company, 1917
