Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Album of embroidered fabric samples.
Published / Created:
France?, ca. 1900.
Physical Description:
24 pages : approximately 550 embroidered fabric samples ; 69 x 50 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2018 3
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
The samples are numbered 2779-2843, 2910-2982, 3326-3387, 3823-3853, 3595-3645, 4075-4137, 5405-5432, 5637-5689, 5769-5803, 5995-6037, 6262-6316. A manuscript label on the front cover reads "1778-6316."

Bound in green cloth and black boards (rebacked).

Album of 19th century fabric samples, each with machine-embroidered patterns, compiled by an unidentified merchant, probably French. Some of the fabric samples have borders of machine-made lace. Samples vary in size, from approximately 5 x 5 cm to approximately 20 x 10 cm. Samples are affixed to flaxen (?) leaves of the album, rectos and versos, with approximately 25 samples per page. Samples are numbered in black ink. Aside from numbering, the volume lacks text.
Subject Terms:
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain. | Clothing trade -- Great Britain. | Clothing and dress -- France. | Clothing trade -- France. | Textile fabrics -- Specimens. | Textile fabrics -- Sample books.
Form/Genre:
Sample books. | Textile materials. | Embroidery. | Machine lace.