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Printer’s Sample Book, Prints 1871 and 1872, 1871–75
Entries range from 1871 through 1875. Small-patterned printed cottons. Natural and synthetic dyes.
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Printer’s Sample Book, Book 9 May 1878, 1878–79
Small leather-bound book with printed textile samples. Mostly small-patterned florals and geometrics and some cretonne cloth. Predominantly browns, grays and blues.
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Printer’s Sample Book, Pigment. Colors, 1883 & 4, 1883–84
Small brown paper-bound book with a variety of textile patterns. Patterns include children playing, small flowers, flower buds, plaids, dots, stripes, and meandering ribbons. Mostly synthetic dyes. Contains 179 samples.
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Printer’s Sample Book, No. 19 Wood Colors Nov. 1882, 1882
Printed cottons: floral and geometric patterns. Small patterns, mostly browns. Natural and synthetic dyes. 137 samples.
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Printer’s Sample Book, Color Book 20. 1883, 1883
Small notebook with tabbed colors: Blue, Green, Olive, Red, Brown, Orange, Stone, Drabs. Very few textile samples, mostly recipes for dyestuffs.
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Printer’s Sample Book (USA), 1884
Small book of printed cotton samples with notches down right edge reading Buffs, Browns, Olives, Reds & Pinks, Blue, Greens, Stones & Slates, Purples.
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Printer’s Sample Book, Book 3 1887, 1886–88
Small dark brown leather-bound book with textiles samples. Natural and synthetic dyes. Mostly small-patterned geometric and floral prints on plain weave cotton. 148 samples.
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Printer’s Sample Book, Shirtings 1882-3-4-5-6, 1882–88
Small brown linen-bound book with printed cotton samples for men’s shirting. Plain woven cottons with small-patterned designs. Some have animal motifs like horses and birds. Contains seventy-eight samples. Some pages…
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Printer’s Sample Book (USA), 1879–80
Small notebook with handwritten formulas for dyestuffs to used for printed textiles. Contains 96 samples of textiles in various designs, mostly small motifs.
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Printer’s Sample Book (USA), 1877–78
Small notebook with handwritten formulas for dyestuffs to be used for printed textiles. Contains 253 samples in a variety of designs.
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