Pleasures of the Farm 18th Cent. Toile Tissue Paper

This tissue paper makes use of the the amazingly detailed Toile de Jouy fabric print called "Pleasures of the Farm", manufactured by Oberkampf Manufactory of France. The date is estimated to be 1785-90 (the time of the French Revolution), and the designer was Jean-Baptiste Huet I. An assortment of domesticated animals is pictured, including cattle, sheep, cats, dogs, geese, donkeys, chickens and ducks. There are fishermen on a river, a farm house and men, women and children. All rustic, even at the time. The colour is original, a madder red on off-white. • Profits from sales in this shop benefit The Vintage Fashion Guild. The Vintage Fashion Guild is an international organisation dedicated to the promotion and preservation of vintage fashion. Founded in 2002, it has grown into a vintage fashion knowledge base exceeding any other online resource. Visit the VFG at vintagefashionguild.org.