French Fabric Sample Book, circa 1890's
Enclosing printed silks in stripes, tartans, checks, some with cut velvets in vibrant colours and varying sizes, first page handwritten with Ete 1897 and Hiver 1897 later on, also included are two handwritten pages in ink titled Répertoire, names include Marshall & Snellgrove, Debenham & Freebody, Dreyfuss, Hitchcock, Laroche, Swan & Edgar, Kahn, Dupont, Printemps, Bonne Marche, Louvre etc, the samples have hand written codes and names of the companies listed by specific fabrics
28cm by 38cm by 6cm
69 double side pages and 1 blank page, approximately 396 samples and 80% are missing altogether
In a black fabric mounted ledger, labelled to the spine D Annee 1897
A Similar French Album
With samples from the same factory, enclosing silks, ribbons, trims etc with a handwritten page titled Repertoire to the back
28cm by 38cm by 6cm
22 double sided pages, approximately 251 samples and less than 40% are missing
In a black fabric mounted ledger, labelled to the spine D Hiver 1897
Another Similar Album of Fabric Samples
Enclosing embroidered fabrics, silks, woven and textured silks
28cm by 38cm by 6cm
71 pages, 115 samples all with handwritten pencil codes, approximately the same amount are missing
In a black fabric mounted ledger, labelled to the spine E7 Classe 13 Printemps 1923
Another Albums of Silk Checks and Tartans
In a variety of colours
29.5cm by 40cm by 5cm
50 double sided pages, including 11 blanks, some are partially glued together, approximately 101 samples of varying sizes, 35% of samples missing
In a black and brown mottled paper mounted ledger
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