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  • Sample Book (USA), 1948

    Contains forty contemporary designs by leading designers. The “Audubon Game Birds” is a photo-lithograph. Includes “Skeletons” by William Justema, “In Line” by Ilonka Karasz.

  • Sample Book (France), ca. 1750

    Folded paper with twelve samples in very bright colors mounted on thin board. Probably used for uniforms. Samples are mounted on paper which reads “LONDRINS SECONDS DE LA GRAVETTE MAY…

  • Sample Book, Dessins Nouveauté, 1926–27

    Selection of designs with the strong colors and contrasts of the mid-twenties with examples of large bold design and small figured patterns. Samples are bound in boards. Gilt lettering. The…

  • Sarong (Indonesia), 1900–1950

    Sarong with horizontal repeat of large-scale curving floral spray (“buketan” motif) surrounded by birds and butterflies in black, red, and blue on undyed ground. Narrow black side borders with blue…

  • Sample Book, Wallpaper by Denst and Soderlund, 1952–53

    Includes, with color alternates, the following wallpapers: Trees, Twine, Broken Ladder, Checks, Round, The River, Deep Water, Lakatoi, Dandelion, Chameleon, Intracte, Singora Sail, Talisman. The book is setup to show…

  • Sample Book, Sculptured Wallcovering, 1951

    Samples of wallpaper imitating brick walls, straw matting, stone walls, wood grain, etc., in three-dimensional plastic.

  • Sample Book (Japan), 1927

    Paper-bound book with tipped-in color plates with textile designs, textile samples and painting. Some text in Japanese. Translation of main heading: “Two Great current in Vogue, and Standardizing Colors for…

  • Sample Book (France), 1935–38

    43 examples of wallpaper, some of which have color alternates. 8 have border and chair rail schemes attached. Included are designs in the style of the late 18th century and…

  • Sketchbook Folio, Calm Sea with Small Rocks and Several Distant Boats, 1885–90

    Calm sea with small rocks on shore at left in foreground, At right in distance, three small sailboats. On horizon at left, three additional boats.

  • Sketchbook Folio, Dark Rocks and Tall Cliffs with Choppy Ocean, 1885–90

    Choppy ocean in foreground with waves breaking on two sections of large, tall cliffs at right, with dark rocks at right in foreground.

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