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Printer's sample book
Old Pacific Print Works1871
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Printer's sample book with formulas for dyestuffs. Contains 114 samples in various designs including paisley.
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- Title: Printer's sample book
- Creator: Old Pacific Print Works
- Date Created: 1871
- Type: Printer's sample book
- Rights: Gift of Frederick J. Whitehead from the collection compiled by his father Cornelius Whitehead at the Pacific Print Works of Lawrence, Massachusetts
- Medium: Medium: cardboard, paper, printed wool samples Technique: printed on plain weave and 2/2 twill
- Viewing Notes: Multiple Choice: From Sample to ProductInspired by the paisley shawls of Kashmir and other Eastern textiles, designers in the 1860s and 1870s mixed and matched a variety of perceived exotic motifs in their roller-printed textiles. Even the characteristic jagged outlines of Kashmiri hand-woven twills were successfully translated into printed fabrics.
- Inscribed: Front cover: Delaines 1871
- Exhibitions: New York: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, "Multiple Choice: From Sample to Product," Nov. 9, 2007 through Sept. 11, 2008.
- Dimensions: H x W x D (closed): 33.7 x 21.5 x 1.8 cm (13 1/4 x 8 7/16 x 11/16 in.)
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