Roubaix, France
Possibly from the firm of Emile Leblanc
Point Paper (mise-en-carte)
INV-2170
Roubaix, France
Possibly from the firm of Emile Leblancc. 1880
Point Paper (mise-en-carte)
Roubaix, France Possibly from the firm of Emile Leblanc →accessory - paper design
Date
c. 1880
Medium
Opaque watercolor (gouache) over graphite with black ink on mold paper
Dimensions
42.7 × 49.7 cm (16 7/8 × 19 5/8 in.); Matted: 46 × 55.8 cm (18 1/8 × 22 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Christopher Monkhouse in honor of Christa Thurman
This watercolor design of water lilies and other aquatic plants on paper is a mise-en-carte, or weaving draft, meant to serve as a bridge between the original design and the woven textile. Prepared on paper with a grid pattern whose lines represent warps and wefts, such drafts provided instructions for preparing the loom and for color usuage. Professional mise-en-carte readers were sometimes employed to assist the weavers and help them understand the designer's intensions.
-A Global View: Recent Acquisitions of Textiles, 2012-2016, April 8-September 5, 2016
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