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A teapot (Théière 'Calabre') with the same pattern and dated one year later, was sold in these rooms, 9 December 2021, lot 259.
Ikat textiles were fabrics woven from various pre-dyed yarns using a resist technique producing a soft, blurred and often geometric pattern, once woven into cloth. The technique was developed in different parts of the world, but is most often associated with Indonesia, where the term originates.
These fabrics became fashionable in Europe during the 18th century and were known by the French terms chiné or chiné à la branche. By the 1760s, French weavers were also producing their own versions, including in silk, which were used in fashionable dressmaking. Surviving gowns from the 1760s are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession no. C.I.60.40.2a, b) and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (accession no. M.60.36.1), amongst others.