Musée municipal de la toile de Jouy, Textile museum in Jouy-en-Josas, France
The Musée municipal de la toile de Jouy occupies the Château de l'Églantine and displays printed cotton fabrics, production tools, and documents from textile manufacturing. The collection includes pattern samples, drawings, clothing, and furniture that reveal how these materials were made and used.
The printing factory was founded in 1760 and remained active under Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf's direction until 1843. The museum preserves the story of this important factory and its influence on European textile production.
The name Toile de Jouy refers to the textile factory that made this area known in the 18th century. You can see in the displayed fabrics how people of that time decorated their homes and dressed themselves.
The building is located in a quiet part of Jouy-en-Josas and is easy to reach on foot. Plan to spend about two hours to comfortably view the collection.
Some rooms display furniture and decoration exactly as they appeared in wealthy households of the 18th century. You can enter these settings and understand how closely the fabrics were woven into daily life.
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