Mise-en-Carte (Point-Paper)
Designed for Nicolas Guerin et Ce. (French, active 1760s–70s) Lyon, France
1760s
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Materials & printing
Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front.
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About this work
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.
- Artist
- Designed for Nicolas Guerin et Ce. (French, active 1760s–70s) Lyon, France
- Date
- 1760s
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor with traces of graphite over an etching in black ink on cream laid paper
- Origin
- Lyon
- Style
- 18th Century
- Collection
- Textiles
- Reference
- 1996.52.4 · Art Institute of Chicago