Copper rollers were engraved with the desired design and then the dye rolled onto the fabric  It was an incredibly tedious process to engrave a copper cylinder.  The detail this process allowed is amazing.  With repeated printings some of the clarity of detail begins to get lost.  A "first strike" is the first printing of a toile and they are extremely rare to find.  This panel measures 28" x 30" with a scalloped lower edge.  It is lightly quilted and batted so was most likely part of a bed cover.  The red is as vibrant as if it had been printed yesterday.  The engraver's name is Phillippe and can be seen in the last photo.  Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (11 June 1738 – 6 October 1815) was a French naturalized German industrialist. He became famous for founding the royal manufacture of printed cottons of Jouy-en-Josas where the toile de Jouy was manufactured.