Weavers

Scope and Contents Viennese swatch book. Consists of twelve panels of 22 numbered swatches of colored woven silk and cotton. On the first and fourteenth panels are copies of a trade label in German summarizing Codecasa's business and giving his address. Identified by Florence Montgomery (Textiles in America, 1650-1870) as "a late eighteenth-century sample book of 272 swatches of striped silk and cotton materials patterned after Indian goods." Labels on the cover and slipcase indicate that this was the second...

Scope and Contents This artificial and still open collection includes both bound and unbound items. It was initially formed by gathering together items containing textile fabric samples, yarn samples, needlework samples, ribbons, and other textile-related materials at the repository that were not already part of another collection of papers or records. Further acquisitions of swatch books and textile materials will be added to this collection when received. Each item in this collection is also separately...

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This manual consists of diagrams and written instructions for setting up looms in order to weave a wide variety of patterns upon many different textiles. Many sets of instructions are accompanied by sample swatches of the finished textile. Certain headings include "Principes de fabrique d'etoffes de Soie," "Disposition d'un Taffetas raye Satin sur un peigne de 22 portees," "Maniere de travailler un taffetas pour la main," and "Maniere de compter le prix d'une etoffe."