Textile Designs on Paper

A Look Inside the Book

A number of pages from the book are shown on this page.

Above: a spread from the portfolio of gouache paintings.

Below, first row, left: a spread from the Introduction and opening to the gouache paintings portfolio; right: a second spread features another selection of gouache paintings. The second row, left: the paintings appear as text marginalia opposite a Turkey red printed textile in Susan’s essay on the history of the designs, techniques and uses of printed French textiles; right: a spread showing Turkey red gouache paintings. Third row, both images: a spread on motifs used in many of the gouache paintings and the opening of the essay by Barbara on pigments and dyes. Fourth row, both images: spreads from the dye sampler booklet that show many of the hues typical of the time.