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Weaver’s Thesis Book (France), 1829
Book, bound in gray cardboard and containing some seventy-six pages of diagrams and descriptions of loom setup for different silks. Missing title page. Dated at top of page four “Janvier…
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Saucer, ca. 1800
Straight with flaring edge. Overglaze decoration: band of blue and yellow, divided by scrolled undulating lines. Gold lines.
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Saucer, 1790
Curved shape, reeding on the outside. Decoration of underglaze blue “strohblumen” pattern.
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Saucer, ca. 1790
Curved, with “strohblumen” pattern in underglaze blue.
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Saucer (France), mid-18th century
Saucer of pinkish buff clay with grayish glaze. Polychrome painting of bird with long tail on blossoming tree branch flowers and pagoda. On edge, yellow and brown lines, the innermost…
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Weaver’s Thesis Book (England), 17th–18th century
Manuscript book of weaving designs and instructions. Thirty-one sheets of paper, some of which have been partly cut out, containing registers of births, etc., in the Jackson family, account of…
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Weaver’s Thesis Book (France), 1893
Oblong book, bound in dark green leather, with flap and metal clasp, contains 150 numbered pages of descriptions, analysis, weave diagrams and samples of gauzes, with mises-en-carte for many. 91…
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Weaver’s Thesis Book (France), 1862
Notebook of a student’s study of the theory of weaving and pattern making at Lyon and contains weave drafts, loom threadings, and fabric samples.
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