Sample book
date: label: Date
content: late 18th–early 19th century
name: label: Company
content: T. Th. Clerc fils & Cie., Paris
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Salesman's sample book of 285 small samples of wool and cotton, mounted on paper and bound in gold-tooled green leather book. Many samples have the appearance of duvetyn, a soft woolen fabric with a downy nap that was used for waistcoats.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1936-29-4
objectType: label: Type
content: sample books
label: Type
content: Sample book
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium (samples): wool, cotton Technique (samples): warp-faced plain weave with supplementary warp patterning (velvet) Label: tooled leather-bound book with wool and cotton velvet samples mounted to paper pages
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 26 x 18.5 x 4.5 cm (10 1/4 x 7 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: 68 pages