Ornamental design with scrolling motifs decorated with stripes, zig-zagging lines, lozenges, and rosettes

Designed by Vasselon French (?)
Published by Fleury Chavant French
Lithographed by Georges Schlatter French

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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 an ornamental design, possibly for a textile, with scrolling motifs, rendered with thin C-curves, thin, diagonal stripes, thin, zig-zagging lines separated by stipples, overlapping scales bordered with stripes and dots, containing stylized rosettes, and strips of lozenges, rendered alternatingly with black and stipples, executed with black ink on thin, light brown paper.

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