1932-33 French Weaving School Matelasse Weaving Pattern and Sample small glass vase satin-finish glazes -- deep celadon

satin-finish glazes -- deep celadon green

The color of the wood is closest to that in the first photo--a soft dark brown

and like them all the more for the fact that two are addressed to a miss named Ambrosia

which I almost removed but decided to leave on as it is part of this board's pretty fantastic patina

1932-33 French Weaving School Matelasse Weaving Pattern and Sample small glass vase satin-finish glazes -- deep celadonFinding this one made me really happy, including because I once had fantasies of becoming a weaver and also fantasies of becoming French! Dated 1932 33 at lower right, it's a weaving sample done by a student at the weaving school that was part of the Societe Industrielle de Saint Quentin (in Aisne, in northern France), a city known for its weaving. At lower center is the weaving draft (pattern), with the sample of the half quilted diamond pique