1932-33 French Weaving School Matelasse Weaving Pattern and Sample small glass vase which I almost removed but

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

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

from the photos and figurines on the mantle to the pictures hanging on the walls to the wallpaper trim around the ceiling to the room beyond the tasseled pulled back curtain

deep red and rose colored details

Photographed in a couple of ways to try to give a good sense

1932-33 French Weaving School Matelasse Weaving Pattern and Sample small glass vase which I almost removed butFinding 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