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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Nelson-Whitehead Paper Co
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J. & J. Jeffery (Firm)
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Andrews, Nelson, Whitehead (Firm)
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Bidwell, John, 1949–
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Dugdale Bros. & Co., Ltd
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F. M. & Co
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Hogg Brothers (Shanghai, China)
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Kirchner, John, fl. 1840's
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Lunning, Elizabeth
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Morris, Henry, 1925–
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P.B. & B. Ltd
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Redaway, James, 1797–1858
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Reeves & Sons (London, England)
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Stevens-Nelson Paper Corporation
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Sykas, Philip Anthony
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Thomas Bean & Son, (Printers)
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W.N. Sharpe Ltd
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Books
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Archives & Manuscripts
8
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
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unknown
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Period
20th century
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19th century
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21st century
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18th century
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sample book
31
textile material
8
lace (needlework)
7
machine lace
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handmade paper
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japanese paper (handmade paper)
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patterned paper
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trade catalog
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chemical lace
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engraving
2
etching
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sample
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accordion fold format (binding)
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bobbin lace
1
broderie anglaise
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case bindings (binding)
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chromolithograph
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cloth half binding
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cluny bobbin lace
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drawing paper
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Paper -- Sample books.
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Textile fabrics -- Sample books.
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Clothing and dress -- Great Britain.
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Paper industry -- United States.
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Textile fabrics -- Specimens.
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Clothing trade -- Great Britain.
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Lace and lace making -- Great Britain.
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Lace industry -- Great Britain.
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Nelson-Whitehead Paper Co. -- Catalogs.
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Decorative paper -- Specimens.
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Dresses -- Great Britain.
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J. & J. Jeffery (Firm)
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Printers -- England -- London.
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Artists' materials -- Specimens.
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Bird & Bull Press.
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British -- China -- Shanghai.
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Chromolithography -- Great Britain.
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Clothing and dress -- France.
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Clothing trade -- France.
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Commercial art -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain
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United States
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England
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France
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London
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China
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Dalston
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England England, North West
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England Nordwest
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England Oxford
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Europe
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Shanghai
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Fewkes, Ernest
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Johnson, John de Monins, 1882–1956
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Kirchner, John, fl. 1840's
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Redaway, James, 1797–1858
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
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English
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Thomas Bean & Son, (Printers)
Stock wine & spirit labels
[approximately 1900]
2
Hogg Brothers (Shanghai, China)
Sample book of patterned silk fabrics sold by Hogg Brothers, Shanghai
between 1860 and 1899
3
Lace sample book
1930s?
4
W.N. Sharpe Ltd
In memoriam cards
[1936?]
5
Lace sample book
between 1920 and [1940?]
6
Redaway, James, 1797–1858
Sample book of intaglio prints
1850s?
7
J. & J. Jeffery (Firm)
Patterns for decorative papers
approximately 2010
8
Dugdale Bros. & Co., Ltd
Tailors and costumiers' linings and trimmings
1938
9
Lace sample book
1920s?
10
Reeves & Sons (London, England)
Samples of Reeves' drawing papers
[early 20th century?]
11
Salesman's case of lace samples
late 19th century
12
Nelson-Whitehead Paper Co
Oriental printing, fantasy and art papers
[1959?]
13
Stevens-Nelson Paper Corporation
Samples, Bertini decorative papers
[ca. 1950?]
14
P.B. & B. Ltd
Lace sample book
1920s?
15
F. M. & Co
Fabric sample book
ca. 1860
16
Sample book
mid-19th century
17
J. & J. Jeffery (Firm)
Handbound notebooks and decorative books papers / J. & J. Jeffery (Firm)
[approximately 2010]
18
Craftool
[circa 1960?]
19
Album of designs for fancy goods
18th century
20
Morris, Henry, 1925–
Printed paste-papers
[1990?]
21
J. & J. Jeffery (Firm)
Decorative papers
[approximately 2010]
22
Nelson-Whitehead Paper Co
Japanese patterned papers
[between 1950 and 1959?]
23
Nelson-Whitehead Paper Co
Samples, French marbled papers
[195-?]
24
Kirchner, John, fl. 1840's
[Engraver's sample book]
1860]
25
Lace sample book
between 1920 and 1940?
26
Lace sample book
circa [1860?]
27
Nelson-Whitehead Paper Co
Samples, St. Albans papers
[1959?]
28
Andrews, Nelson, Whitehead (Firm)
European and Oriental printing and art papers imported and stocked by Andrews / Nelson / Whitehead
[198-]
29
Bidwell, John, 1949–
Fine papers at the Oxford University Press
[1999]
30
Lunning, Elizabeth
The Print Council of America paper sample book
[1996]
31
Sykas, Philip Anthony
The secret life of textiles
2005