About this artwork
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Artist
- John Montelius, Jr. (Author)
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Title
- Montelius Dye Recipe Book with Printed Swatches (No. 11)
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Origin
- Pennsylvania
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Date
- Made 1833
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Medium
- Cotton, plain weave; printed; total of swatches: 96
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Inscriptions
- Inscription (written in ink on inside front cover): No. 11 John Montelius Jr.; (written in ink on front page): Book No. 11 Commenced June 20, 1833 by J. Montelius -- Bustleton Phila Co. Pennsylvania; (written in ink on inside back cover): John Montelius J, La Grange; (written in ink on back page): Book No. 11 Eleven.
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Dimensions
- Average length of swatches: 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.), 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.), 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.), 2.6 cm (1 in.), 1.3 cm (1/2 in.) Average width of swatches: 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.), 7.6 cm (3 in.), 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.), 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.), .3 cm (1/8 in.) Measurements of volume: Height: 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.) Width: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.) Depth: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.) Measurements of box: Height: 20.9 cm (8 1/4 in.) Width: 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.) Depth: 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Helen Donathen
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Reference Number
- 1960.765
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/12366/manifest.json
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