Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf
French businessman
Died when: 77 years 117 days (927 months)Star Sign: Gemini
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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.
Oberkampf was born in Wiesenbach, 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.
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