Les Tableaux tissés de la Fabrique lyonnaise : exposition, grand salon de la bibliothèque, 1922
This 1922 exhibition catalogue, published in Lyon by the Société des dessinateurs lyonnais and written by Emile Leroudier, presents woven silk pictures made by the Lyon silk industry, shown in the library's grand salon. The four plates show a woven portrait medallion of a man in profile within an ornate frame, a stage-like scene with figures under an arch, an opened book with a decorative title page and a crest-like cartouche, and a sailing ship above a ribbon banner. Designers may take from them the fine, dense detail of jacquard weaving, with its oval framing, scrolled borders, banners and lettering, and the contrast of white thread on dark ground.
