The Personal Archive of Peter Afia The Lady of the Lake and Don Quixote: two important French narrative toiles, together with other printed toile and cotton examples Late 18th / early 19th century The first panel of narrative toile depicting The Lady of the Lake, the cotton ground printed in madder red with courtly scenes, with applied Design Source International, New York label, lower right, designed by G. Merklen for the Mulhouse manufactory, Alsace, circa 1820; the second a joined panel of narrative toile de Jouy depicting Don Quichotte, or Don Quixote, printed in brown depicting scenes from the adventure of Cervantes' titular hero, within pastoral vignettes, also with Design Source International, New York label, originally designed for the Oberkampf manufactory, late 18th century, together with: Avian Fountain, a fragment of pink toile printed with strapwork, classical figurative roundels, urns and various birds, after the original design attributed to Jean Baptise Huet for the Oberkampf manufactory, circa 1800, a further selection of printed floral, foliate and figural examples, etc. The Lady of the Lake example: 93cm x 81cm (9)