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Medium:
Label: board covers; pen and ink with gouache on paper pages; cotton, linen and silk samples
Dimensions:
H x W x D (closed): 44.8 × 30.5 × 5.8 cm (17 5/8 × 12 × 2 5/16 in.)
440 pages
Type:
sample books
Master weaver's thesis book
Object Name:
Master weaver's thesis book
Made in:
Lyon, France
Date:
1848
Description:
Book written in delicate longhand, unsigned, and with no title page. Contains 141 mises-en-carte, 104 samples of fabrics, in addition to numerous technical drawings and full notes for loom arrangements and descriptions of many fabrics.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase from Trustees' Book Appropriation
Accession Number:
1939-40-1
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq481c1d6b5-276a-422b-a27b-75a0c4cfb632
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1939-40-1