Salesman's sample book
date: label: Date
content: 1784
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: 461 swatches of fabric pasted on cards arranged in an accordion fold book. Manufacturer's number on each swatch. Book covered in marbleized paper. Samples are either cotton warp and cotton weft or linen warp and cotton weft, some block-printed in small scale repeating patterns.
place: label: made in
content: Manchester, England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Samuel W. Bridgham
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1950-91-1
objectType: label: Type
content: sample books
label: Type
content: Salesman's sample book
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: marbleized paper, cardboard, cotton, linen Technique: plain weave, twill weaves, float weaves (damask), supplementary weft pile (velveteen); 108 examples are block-printed
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 24.8 x 16.5 cm (9 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open): 24.8 x 259.1 cm (9 3/4 in. x 8 ft. 6 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (each swatch): 2.5 x 4.1 cm (1 x 1 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: 18 pages