Oh be Joyful for Toile de Jouy!
May 7, 2009
Toile de Jouy (pronounced twal duh zhwee) is a French term from the word “toile” which means cloth and “Jouy-en Josas” which is the name of a town in North Central France. Originating in the late 1700s in the French village of Jouy-en-Josas, the fabric depicts a pictorial scene in one color such as blue, green, red, or black on a white background. Depictions range from pastoral village scenes, historical narratives of life, landscape scenes, Oriental themes know as Chinoiserie incorporating human figures, buildings, birds, and plants and decorative plaques from the Renaissance period.
Today the textile known as Toile de Jouy is more commonly referred to as toile. Toile designs can be found in apparel, bedding, ceramics, dishes, fabric, tiles, and wallpaper depicting the old and modern times. Oh be joyful for Toile de Jouy!
By: Charisse Marie Colbert, CMC Design Studio
Links to sites which contributed to this article:
http://www.bennisonfabrics.com/
http://www.manuelcanovas.com/en/
http://www.osborneandlittle.com/
From Polyvore using toile fabric as the background
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7 Comments - what are your thoughts?
What is favorite color combination of Toile de Jouy?
Lovely photos…I use the Waverly pattern Garden Toile quite a bit when designing my hostess aprons. In fact my Pink Garden Toile hostess apron was featured in Somerset Studios ‘APRONOLOGY’ Magazine in February. Because they come in so many colors, there is a toile for every taste.
Your aprons sound darling. Do you have pictures of them you can link on here with your comments or on Twitter? I collect aprons, since I do a lot of baking and I might want one!
Morning…I thought I did leave a link in the form below. I have an Etsy shop
http://www.theemptynest.etsy.com and also post photos of aprons I am working on in my blog. http://theemptynest-janet.blogspot.com/ I am currently getting ready for a big festival in Warrenton, VA on May 16th. Have created many new aprons that are not on my site yet. 40-50 new creations ready to go. Love using remnants from local design house. Thanks for asking
nice design!= and greate news
realy good information
Thank you for posting such a lovely article.