Sample book of swatches

Textiles

19th c.

Mulhouse, France

The Department of Textiles has in its collection many important showpieces but also copious holdings of fabric samples, or swatches—about 58,000 in all—from countries such as England, Scotland, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Japan, and the United States. Some samples have been preserved in book form, which affords a broad view of production usually linked to a particular time, place, or technique. This large-format volume contains about 3,000 samples of printed cottons. A notation inside the cover attributes the book to Mulhouse, a city in the Alsace region of France famous for its textile production.
-A Global View: Recent Acquisitions of Textiles, 2012-2016, April 8-September 5, 2016

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Unknown (Manufacturer)
Title: Sample book of swatches
Place: France (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1801–1900
Medium: Sample book of swatches: cotton, plain weave, block printed
Dimensions: 52.1 × 37.5 × 11.7 cm (20 1/2 × 14 3/4 × 4 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Diane v. S. Levy
Reference Number: 2015.288
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