"Mise-en-carte" Gouache Paintings on Paper Low Dressers Circa 18th Century

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"Mise-en-carte" Gouache Paintings on Paper Low Dressers Circa 18th CenturyHand painted mise en cartes or point papers. These were the templates used to create woven textiles. Pencil drawn grid lines represent the warp and weft. The margins contain hand written instructions for the weaver pertaining to color, preparation of the loom, etc. Most bear labels indicating the pattern name and cataloguing information from F. Vanoutryve & Cie, a major textile manufacturer originally based in Mouscron, Belgium. Other examples of

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