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Sample book
Unknownca. 1834
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Oblong book with blue cardboard covers contains 46 samples of printed cotton; two have been cut in half. Six individual patterns balance duplicates. Designs are small scale, printed mostly in bright red, blue green, and dark brown. Probably combination roller and block-printing. No selvage.
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Details
- Title: Sample book
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: ca. 1834
- Type: Sample book
- Rights: Museum purchase from Pauline Riggs Noyes Fund
- Medium: Medium: cardboard, paper, cotton Technique: block and roller printed on plain weave
- Viewing Notes: Multiple Choice: From Sample to ProductIn these samples, fine dots were created using an engraved metal plate or roller, while larger areas of color were block printed. The two printing techniques are especially evident in swatches where larger dots of block-printed color appear alongside the microdots and honeycombs.
- Inscribed: On inside cover and on fly leaf: "Ship Plymouth Apl. 1 1834."In faint pencil on fly leaf: "J. Fand Co.," and below "181."
- 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): 24.2 x 16.8 x 2 cm (9 1/2 x 6 5/8 x 13/16 in.)
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