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

Circa 18th Century

Raised on four cabriole legs which are crisply carved with acanthus leaf motif on the knees and ending in ball and claw feet

The stop-fluted legs are topped by carved oval paterae and end in block feet

Cold-painted Vienna bronze

The brass knobs are likely replacements

"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