If Rooms Could Talk

Every door opens to a different theme of decorator selected treasures featuring amazing people and places.

And their room name will offer a hint of what you will discover.

Toile de Jouy - Room 15

Historically, Toile de Jouy is a term that refers to cloth (typically cotton) from the commune of Jouy-en-Josas, France, in the southwest suburbs of Paris, just four miles from Versailles, printed with single color repeated patterns with intricate designs.

When France lifted their ban on cotton in 1759, Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf, a German entrepreneur - who was working in his family’s dying company - capitalized on his sought-after skills of coloring and engraving cotton by opening his own factory in Jouy-en-Josas, a location he chose for its proximity to the Bièvre River, where fabric could be easily washed. Oberkampf used Francis Nixon’s, an Irishman, copper plating technique to make it simpler to print large detailed repeated patterns and commissioned the best artists of the day, including painter Jean-Baptiste Huet, to design scenes that reflected contemporary interests, such as the first hot air balloon flight and Bastille Day.

Toile de Jouy quickly took France by storm when its popularity reached the most fashionable French aristocrats including Marie Antoinette and Madame de Pompadour and adorned the wardrobe and interior spaces throughout France. By 1805, this manufacture sprawled over 14 acres with over 1300 workers, becoming the most important factory in Europe. Louis XVI gave Oberkampf’s business the Royal Manufactory designation and several years later, impressed by Oberkampf’s entrepreneurship, Napoleon Bonaparte visited his factory and awarded him the Légion d’Honneur in 1806.

Enchanté Boutique Hotel’s Room 15 honors this fabric and its 200+ year history. The room is filled with pastoral gold, black, and cream toile mixed with silk and antiques that will take you back in time and surround you with the essence of 18th century French decor.