Les Échantillons Paper Napkins

The sample-book page from the Échantillons plate carried onto three-ply paper — squares of block-printed cotton pasted down in a grid and numbered in brown ink in a clerk's careful script, madder red and crimson against soot black, ochre and aged cream. Stripes beside sprigs beside small scattered florals, ruled off in fine blue with a rosette at every corner. It reads as pattern from across the room and as a document up close. Part of L'Automne. Full-bleed print, the grid running clean off all four sides. Set of 16, in cocktail and dinner sizes. Specifications Set of 16 Soft three-ply tissue Full-bleed print Cocktail or dinner