Textile sample book
- Made:
- 1835-1860
Textile sample book, around 1835, containing samples of printed cotton fabric.
Textile printers created books like this to record the designs they created. They stuck in a small sample of each style and gave it a number. They often also recorded details about the customer, or the dye receipe used to print the design.
Details
- Category:
- Archive
- Object Number:
- YA1996.2838/3
- type:
- textile sample book
- credit:
- Gift of B L Dearn