Definition of toile de Jouy in English:
toile de Jouy
noun də ʒwiːˌtwäl də ˈZHwē
mass nounA type of printed calico with a characteristic floral, figure, or landscape design on a light background.
Example sentencesExamples
- For those who preferred it, such a design could also be painted directly on paneling or printed on toile de Jouy.
- 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 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.
- The grand hall, rather oddly, is decorated with a blue toile de Jouy wallpaper, the sort you usually see in bedrooms.
- 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.
Origin
Originally made at Jouy-en-Josas, near Paris.