Worsted
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Norwich worsted pattern book, approximately 1786-1793, 1831
Item — Volume Col-50, acc. 65x695.1
Identifier: 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....
Dates:
approximately 1786-1793; Modified: 1831
Found in:
Winterthur Library
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Swatch book collection