Confection de paillassons et nattes [microforme]
Confection de paillassons et nattes is a Canadian instruction book on making hooked mats and rugs, published around 1899 by Wells & Richardson Co, likely in Montreal, for home crafters. Its pages are numbered designs for floor mats and runners, with black grounds and bold central motifs such as a cross, a swan, a butterfly, a dog, and floral medallions, offering designers strong examples of symmetrical framing, border patterns, and stencil-like contrast suited to textile or rug motifs.
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![Picture 4 of 8 from Confection de paillassons et nattes [microforme] (1899), leaf 16](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-cihm_92165-16-0.webp)
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