# Mise-en-Carte (Point-Paper)

- By: Nicholas Guerin et Cie (Lyon, France)
- Date: 1760s
- Medium: Opaque watercolor with traces of graphite over an etching in black ink on cream laid paper
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: Image/plate: 43.5 × 54.1 cm (17 3/16 × 21 5/16 in.); Sheet: 44.8 × 56.4 cm (17 11/16 × 22 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Lyon
- Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Neil P. Frankel, Nina Hancock, Robert D. Kleinschmidt; Royalties from F. Schumacher and Company
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/148904)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/b94e7425-be2e-e212-76f5-6b4769362bc9/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Designs for silk weaving were drawn by professional artists who had often trained in flower painting, a skill that could be deployed for the decoration of objects besides textiles. The designs were painted on the point paper grid, which then served as a guide to the person mounting the threads on the loom. The artists’ names do not appear on these technical drawings; only the companies that commissioned the designs and wove the silk are identified.

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