Genuine Turkey Red
date: label: Date
content: late 19th–early 20th century
name: label: For
content: Sun and Lion Brand, England or Scotland
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bound manufacturer's sample book with eighteen swatches of dyed red cotton. Each swatch shows a progressive increase in density and weight of the twill woven cloth. Bound in blue leather with two brass rivets and a paper label reading Genuine Turkey Red with the logo of Sun and Lion Brand.
place: label: made in
content: England or Scotland
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Harvey Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1967-20-35
objectType: label: Type
content: sample books
label: Object Name
content: Sample book
label: Type
content: Sample book
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Label: Woven cotton samples, leather binding, paper label, brass rivets
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 14 x 19.7 x 1.9 cm (5 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 14 x 32.1 cm (5 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.)