Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf

Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf

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.

Bust of Oberkampf in the garden of the town hall of Jouy-in-Josas

Oberkampf was born in Wiesenbach,[1] Germany, into a family of dyers. He traveled to educate himself and initially worked in Mulhouse as an engraver, then from October 1758 in Paris as a colourist.

  1. ^ Today this village is part of the town of Blaufelden in the district of Schwäbisch Hall of the state of Baden-Württemberg: see on German Wikipedia.