Volume Col-50, acc. 65x695.1

Scope and Contents Consists of approximately 500 swatches of various textile fabrics, including fine examples of "camelots," "sattins," "tabourets," "fleurets," "callemandres," "camelottines," "harlequins," and "grandines." Some facing pages contain manuscript notes in French, giving specific names for the types of fabrics that follow. Nothing indicates the manufacturer of the fabrics. A faint manuscript inscription on the front free endpaper indicates a British origin, however. It reads: "September 8, 1831....