"Mise-en-carte" Gouache Paintings on Paper Low Dressers The brass knobs are likely

The brass knobs are likely replacements

Retaining an old label underneath from Mark and Marjorie Allen

Stock# 14102

Raised on four cabriole legs which are crisply carved with acanthus leaf motif on the knees and ending in ball and claw feet

"Mise-en-carte" Gouache Paintings on Paper Low Dressers The brass knobs are likelyHand painted mise en cartes or point papers. These were the templates used to create woven textiles. Pencil drawn grid lines represent the warp and weft. The margins contain hand written instructions for the weaver pertaining to color, preparation of the loom, etc. Most bear labels indicating the pattern name and cataloguing information from F. Vanoutryve & Cie, a major textile manufacturer originally based in Mouscron, Belgium. Other examples of