Album de tapisserie
Album de tapisserie is a French pattern book published in Paris in 1870 by N. Alexandre & Cie., meant for needlework and embroidery designers. The pages show squared grid charts printed in black on red, each a numbered design with silhouetted motifs. A designer could take from them the idea of stitch-grid pixel silhouettes, built from bold figure-ground contrast of black against red, for knitting, cross-stitch, or tile-like patterns.
