Medium:

Medium: paper, bound with cardboard covered with vellum, containing fabric samples and mises-en-carte

Dimensions:

H x W x D (closed): 45.5 × 29 × 8 cm (17 15/16 × 11 7/16 × 3 1/8 in.)

Type:

sample books

Weaver's thesis book

Object Name:

Weaver's thesis book

Made in:

Lyon, France

Date:

1860

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Book written in delicate longhand, title page labelled: "Theorie" and signed, "Louis Delaroche, 1860". Contains 130 samples of fabrics, 68 mises-en-carte and numerous schematic sketches for heddle arrangement and descriptions of fabrics and their technical analysis.

Credit Line:

Museum purchase from Trustees' Book Appropriation

Accession Number:

1939-40-2

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq42627e39d-4f3a-4d3c-b87c-f87eb2261cd3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1939-40-2