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Sample book
Unknown1845–1860
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Blue cloth bound volume of 338 samples of printed cotton. Title page has three labels pasted on it. Each pattern is numbered. Most designs form stripes, either floral or geometrical or combinations of both.
Details
- Title: Sample book
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1845–1860
- Type: Sample book
- Rights: Gift of Virginia Hamill Johnson
- Medium: Medium: cardboard, paper, and cotton Technique: samples printed on plain weave
- Viewing Notes: Multiple Choice: From Sample to ProductThis sample book contains a wide variety of mid-nineteenth-century novelty dress prints. Unlike the luxurious woven silks of the eighteenth century, cottons were mass-produced in simple weaves, with printing effects that provided novelty and commercial value.
- Inscribed: Book title: Cotton Prints Samples
- 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: 32.7 x 38.1 x 4.5 cm (12 7/8 x 15 x 1 3/4 in.)
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