Textile patterns with semi-abstract designs
Designed by Séraphin French (?)
Published by Fleury Chavant French
Lithographed by Georges Schlatter French
Not on view
Page of book containing 185 leaves with a collection of lithographs, aquatints, engravings, and other media, with ornamental designs published by Fleury Chavant in Paris, part of the publication "Guide du Dessinateur de l'industrie: une macédoine de dessins variés , tels que fleurs, ornemens, etc. ... Ouvrage destiné aux fabricants et dessinateurs de soieries... et Papiers Peints..." This plate contains a variety of semi-abstract patterns for textiles, executed with black dots on a grid that imitates the warps and thefts of a textile. The designs present diagonal, intermittent stripes, chevron patterns, dotted designs, lozenges, and other semi-abstract and geometric motifs. Although this kind of textile pattern, presented on a grid, was originally intended for embroidered and woven textiles, it is likely that the stripes presented on this plate were also meant to be used in printed textiles, especially those imitating cross-stitching and other kinds of needlework.
