French Fabric Sample Book, circa 1920's
Enclosing printed linens, glazed cotton, cotton in floral, nursery toile designs, each sample 18.5cm by 8cm, four to a page, majority have a sticker printed with Vve J.D 7 P.B with handwritten codes next to the 'Patron' many bear initials PJ/(F)
28cm by 44cm by 4cm
28 double side pages and 12 empty pages, the samples have been placed starting from the front and then back with blanks in the centre, approximately 223 samples and approximately 5% are missing
In a green and black mottled paper mounted ledger, bearing a sticker to the spine Impressions
Similar Album, by the same factory
With similar samples and some original watercolour part designs
28cm by 44m by 4cm
34 double sided pages, approximately 221 fabric samples, 31 original watercolours, and less than 10% are missing, only some samples bear the company stickers
In a similar ledger to above, labelled to the front Vve J Duchesne & P Binet, 27 Rue des Jeuneurs, Paris, handwritten with the date 1922-23, handwritten sticker to the spine Impressions, Annees 1922-23
Another Similar
With fabric samples
30cm by 44cm by 5cm
40 double sided pages, approximately 285 samples and less than 15% missing, majority with company stickers, includes a piece of headed memo paper to the front, with handwritten design codes to the reverse
In a similar ledger with a black and grey mottled paper mount, similar sticker to above with the date 1926-27, and sticker to the spine Impressions 1926-7
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