Arrest du Conseil d'État du roi, qui ordonne que les marchands & négocians qui voudront envoyer des toiles au blanc, à l'impression ou au réapprêt seront tenus de fixer les délais pendant lesquels ils entendent faire rentrer lesdites toiles à Paris : du 19 août 1784 : extrait des registres du Conseil d'État
This is a 1784 printed decree of the French royal Council of State, issued from Paris by the printer P. G. Simon, concerning cloth merchants who send linen for bleaching, printing or finishing. The one picture is a decorative printer's ornament heading the text, with the sample showing a crowned royal shield flanked by scrolling foliage, sprigs and a small floral motif. A designer might take from it the symmetrical strip layout of an 18th-century cartouche border, with its acanthus-like curls and central crest.
