French Fabric Sample Book, 19th century
Including woven and brocade silk and wool samples, printed cotton in stripes, checks, floral designs in browns, purples, green, blues, reds, yellow and pinks etc
36cm by 60cm by 7cm
Approximately 19 double sided pages and 23 blank pages, mounted with approximately 1,470 samples of varying sizes, 12% are missing
In a brown and black mottled card ledger, titled Echan* D Etoffes & Sons
German Fabric Sample Book, late 19th century
Enclosing coloured silks in stripes, brocades, grosgrain, checks, floral and abstract designs
36cm by 50cm by 6cm
38 double sided pages, the samples are varying in size, approximately 868 samples and 3% are missing
In a black fabric mounted ledger, the inside page is inscribed in black ink Inhalts Verzeichnis with a table of code and page numbers
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