Pattern Book
ca. 1780-1800 (made)
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Pattern book bound in brown leather with an inscription on the inside first page, including words 'Carte des M. / Lauzun Aine et fils / Fabricant [...] [d'Ind. ?] / a Agen'. There are approximately 130 samples of block printed cottons and block impressions on paper. The samples are mounted 3 to a page, each 3.75 x 2.25 inches, outlined in black ink and numbered (not in order). Patterns are mostly stripes and small floral motifs, colours predominantly red and black. Approximately half the book has been used, and there are samples missing from the used pages.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Leather with printed cottons and block impressions on paper |
| Brief description | Pattern book bound in leather with block printed cottons and block impressions on paper, made by Lauzun Aîné et Fils, Fabricants d'indiennes à Agen, Agen, France, ca. 1780-1800 |
| Physical description | Pattern book bound in brown leather with an inscription on the inside first page, including words 'Carte des M. / Lauzun Aine et fils / Fabricant [...] [d'Ind. ?] / a Agen'. There are approximately 130 samples of block printed cottons and block impressions on paper. The samples are mounted 3 to a page, each 3.75 x 2.25 inches, outlined in black ink and numbered (not in order). Patterns are mostly stripes and small floral motifs, colours predominantly red and black. Approximately half the book has been used, and there are samples missing from the used pages. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Carte des M. / Lauzun Aine et fils / Fabricant [...] [d'Ind. ?] / a Agen' (Part of the inscription on the inside first page) |
| Object history | This book was apparently compiled for Lauzun et fils in Agen, a town in which the manufacturing of printed cottons had recently been established, according to the Almanach général des marchands, négociants et commerçants de la France in 1786 (p. 2). By 1815, Lauzun aîné (Lauzun senior) was listed in the Almanach de commerce de Paris, des départements de France as one of the principal manufacturers and businessmen in Agen, a draper (drapier) (p. 672); five years later he was one of seven businessmen (négociant) specialising in fine and heavy drapery (draperie fine grosse) (p. 828). |
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| Accession number | T.44-1981 |
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| Record created | December 22, 2004 |
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