Medium:

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

Dimensions:

H x W x D (closed): 48 × 34 × 5.2 cm (18 7/8 × 13 3/8 × 2 1/16 in.)

Type:

sample books

Weaver's thesis book

Object Name:

Weaver's thesis book

Made in:

Lyon, France

Date:

1848

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Uncompleted book written in delicate longhand, labelled on title page: "Cahier de Theorie 1848". Contains nine samples of fabrics, 12 mises-en-carte, sketches for heddle arrangements and descriptions of fabrics.

Credit Line:

Museum purchase from Trustees' Book Appropriation

Accession Number:

1939-40-3

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b3c2d879-ac81-4726-842c-ede0da2b4044

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1939-40-3