C19th Hand Painted Design Mise-en-Carte or Point Paper Design for Textile Development crewelwork embroidery The panel may possibly be

The panel may possibly be a sample as it’s unfinished

In fragile condition with some losses and tears

Originally used as a prayer mat or wall hanging

Excellent vintage condition with a machine stitched hem

silver gilt and fuchsia pink silk satin brocade

C19th Hand Painted Design Mise-en-Carte or Point Paper Design for Textile Development crewelwork embroidery The panel may possibly beFrom 19th century France, a hand painted mise en carte or point paper design used as a template for woven textile development. Panted in gouache onto a handmade heavy paper, there is a pencil drawn grid alongside smaller marked dot notations which would have been used by the weaver as a guide to colour and scale. The point paper enabled the silk designer to transfer a free hand s etch into instructions for the draw loom. The spaces between the