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Mise-en-Carte (Point-Paper)
Nicholas Guerin et Cie1760s
- Attribution
- Designed for Nicolas Guerin et Ce. (French, active 1760s–70s) Lyon, France
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor with traces of graphite over an etching in black ink on cream laid paper
- Physical dimensions
- Image/plate: 43.5 × 54.1 cm (17 3/16 × 21 5/16 in.); Sheet: 44.8 × 56.4 cm (17 11/16 × 22 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Neil P. Frankel, Nina Hancock, Robert D. Kleinschmidt; Royalties from F. Schumacher and Company
CATALOGUE RECORD
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Source rights statement: Public domain
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Designs for silk weaving were drawn by professional artists who had often trained in flower painting, a skill that could be deployed for the decoration of objects besides textiles. The designs were painted on the point paper grid, which then served as a guide to the person mounting the threads on the loom. The artists’ names do not appear on these technical drawings; only the companies that commissioned the designs and wove the silk are identified.
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