Textile workers

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Begins with one page of Japanese calligraphy which has been translated as "Collection of samples of thick striped cloths which is called 'Ome-jima';" or "Collection of samples of thick striped 'Ome-jima'." This is followed by 15 pages of approximately 350 textile fabric samples.

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 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....

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."

Scope and Contents Consist of 7 small (8-12 leaves each) paperbound volumes containing recipes for dyeing yarn, most of which are accompanied by a yarn sample in the finished color. Four of the volumes have printed covers indicating that they were manufactured in Boston or Waltham, MA as savings account passbooks in 1847, 1853 and 1854; presumably the dye recipes come from that area and time period as well.The writing seems to have been done by at least two different people. One of the following...