Decorative interlace designs in chalk and pen
Clusters of woven-knot ornament, several reworked in pen
The sheet is filled with decorative designs drawn in red chalk, several of them partially gone over in pen, as the catalogue notes. The motifs are clusters of woven and knotted bands of varying density scattered across the page.
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Woven interlace knot studies
Several clusters of interlace ornament are set out in red chalk, their looping bands crossing and re-crossing, with some of the knots strengthened and defined in pen. They are ornamental knot studies rather than functional designs.