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It is one of a group of 1577 such designs commissioned by a silk manufacturing partnership active in Lyon, the most prestigious centre of the silk industry in Europe from the 1660s onwards. \r\n\r\nThe partnership was called L. Galy, Gallien et cie from 1761 until the beginning of 1771 when the senior partner Louis Galy retired. Louis Gallien continued the business under the name L. Gallien et cie into the late 1780s, by which time he was specialising in plain rather than patterned silks. It was one of Lyon’s 400 manufacturing concerns mid century and it kept good records, noting on the back of the designs the company name, the number of the design, the date, and minimal instructions on how it should be woven. Such information allowed the manufacturers to go back to the original design work if they received requests for a reweave of the design.  \r\n\r\nThe inscription on the back reveals that this design was completed on 10 February 1762 and was no. 668 in the archive of L. Galy, Gallien et cie. The stamp reveals that it belonged to an early 20th-century designer who may have used it as inspiration for his own designs. The curvaceous pattern is typical of this decade in French silk production, and according to the instructions on the back would have been woven in a monochrome or cameo effect and contained metal threads.","physicalDescription":"The design is painted in gouache on to point paper (a kind of graph paper). The pattern comprises a ribbon meander in two shades of blue, pink and white, crossed by a spray of roses in shades of green. There is a bouquet of diverse flowers in the same colours on the left of the meander. On the front the name of the printer of the paper is engraved along with the type of paper. On the back is inscribed in handwriting in ink the name of the manufacturer, the date of the design, its number, the type of the fabric and some instructions for weaving.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"AAT14159"},{"text":"gouache","id":"AAT70114"},{"text":"ink","id":"AAT15012"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"},{"text":"handwritten","id":"AAT252927"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Gouache on engraved paper","categories":[{"text":"Designs","id":"THES48968"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006BF6262"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLC","id":"THES49171"},"free":"","case":"T","shelf":"204","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Textile design","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Lyon","id":"x29500"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1762","earliest":"1762-01-01","latest":"1762-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"T.399-1972","id":"O285116"},"association":"Series"},{"object":{"text":"T.400-1972","id":"O285115"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.401-1972","id":"O285114"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.402-1972","id":"O285113"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.403-1972","id":"O285112"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.405-1972","id":"O285111"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.406-1972","id":"O120929"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.407-1972","id":"O285001"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.408-1972","id":"O120930"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.409-1972","id":"O120931"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.410-1972","id":"O285110"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.411-1972","id":"O285109"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.412-1972","id":"O120932"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.413-1972","id":"O120933"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.414-1972","id":"O285108"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.415-1972","id":"O285107"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.416-1972","id":"O285106"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.417-1972","id":"O120808"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.418-1972","id":"O285105"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.419-1972","id":"O285104"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.420-1972","id":"O285103"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.421-1972","id":"O120806"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.422-1972","id":"O285102"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.423-1972","id":"O120801"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.424-1972","id":"O285101"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.425-1972","id":"O285100"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.426-1972","id":"O120791"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.427-1972","id":"O285099"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.428-1972","id":"O285098"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.429-1972","id":"O285097"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"T.430-1972","id":"O285096"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"17.5","unit":"in","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"21.25","unit":"in","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"On the front: 8 en 10 Huilliot a Lion.\r\nOn the back:\r\nDu 10 fevrier 1762 L. Galy Gallien et compe. \r\nNo. 668 Satin en camayeu en dorures et soye 40 dix[ain]es a re[petition]\r\nPer lat le blanc\r\n2 le vert second\r\n3 le vert clair\r\n4 le vert brun et le paille\r\n5 le gris brun\r\n6 le porcelaine\r\nAlso on the back stamped in purple: Robert Ruepp, 7 rue Bergere, Paris.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Design for brocaded silk, 1762, French; L. Galy Gallien et compe., ribbon meander, flowers, blue, green","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"L. E. Miller. 'Mysterious Manufacturers: Identifying L. Galy, Gallien et Cie. and their Contribution to the 18th Century Lyon Silk Industry'. 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