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Germain Frères

Mise-en-Carte (Point-Paper)

1760s
Opaque watercolor over etching in black ink on cream laid paper
42.5 × 52.8 cm (16.7 × 20.8 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

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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