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Salesman's sample book
Unknown1784
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Details
- Title: Salesman's sample book
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1784
- Type: Salesman's sample book
- Rights: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Samuel W. Bridgham
- Medium: Medium: marbleized paper, cardboard, cotton, linen Technique: printed on plain weave, twill weaves, float weaves (damask), supplementary weft pile (velveteen). 108 examples are block-printed.
- Viewing Notes: Multiple Choice: From Sample to ProductThe technique for weaving Manchester velvets, long-wearing cotton textiles used for men's waistcoats and breeches, was a closely guarded manufacturers' secret. In a famous example of industrial espionage, English expatriate John Holker secretly handed over more than one hundred samples of Manchester velvet and other British textiles to the French.
- Inscribed: Ex HB or FB N5 (?) & Co 18 Mrch 1784
- Exhibitions: Color by the Yard: Printed fabric 1760 to 1860. Nov. 2, 1987 to March 13, 1988.New York: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, "Multiple Choice: From Sample to Product," Nov. 9, 2007 through Sept. 11, 2008.
- Dimensions: H x W (closed): 24.8 x 16.5 cm (9 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)H x W (open): 24.8 x 259.1 cm (9 3/4 in. x 8 ft. 6 in.)H x W (each swatch): 2.5 x 4.1 cm (1 x 1 5/8 in.)
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