20th Nov, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

The Pattern Sale - Online auction

 
Lot 2076
 

2076

Claude Frères French Fabric Sample Book, 19th century Titled Claude Frères No1 to the front...

Claude Frères French Fabric Sample Book, 19th century
Titled Claude Frères No1 to the front and handwritten to the inside Automne 1897, including coloured silks, brocades, woven and checked silks, moire silk, velvets and flocked velvets, other titles in the book include Printemps 1898 and Automne 1898
31cm by 48cm by 3.5cm
Comprises 42 double sided pages with over 1,600 samples, approximately 95% complete
In an Unsworth & Cie green and black card mounted ledger
Another Similar French Fabric Sample Book, circa 1900-1901

Labelled Claude Fréres No 3 including printed cottons, woven silks, checked and striped silks, velvets and ribbons, has a handwritten date one third of the way through 30 Mai 1901
32cm by 49cm by 4cm
Comprises 52 double sided pages with over 3,100 samples, approximately 98% complete
In an Unsworth & Cie green and black card covered ledger
(2)

Claude Frères was set up in 1855 by two brothers. They were testimony to the importance of sampling activities to French fashion and the textile industry, inspirational with their designs

Sold for £450
Estimated at £500 - £800


 

. Book one, one loose page. Three pages part cut and missing. some samples have possibly been moved around as some brown staining to some of the pages, corner missing to the front of the book, scuffed and worn overall. Book two, scuffing and wear overall.

 


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