Fabric Sample Book

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Artist/Maker	Medlock Stationery Works (printer) Thomas Wardle (maker)
Place of origin	Leek (made)

Fabric sample book of printed textiles with a cloth binding and leather spine and corners. Inside the front cover is a label.

The printed textile samples within the book are of textiles previously sent to exhibitions.

Pages 43 to 62 have no heading, but do have some pasted in numbers (possibly exhibit numbers?) in addition to the running numbers. Pages 87 to 100 are labelled with letters up to aa. Pages 101 to 116 contain a sequence of numbered samples, but no heading. Pages 117 to the end are blank.

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Categories	Textiles Books Leather
Object type	Fabric sample book
Materials and techniques	Cloth bound, leather, printed textiles
Brief description	Fabric sample book bound in cloth and leather, made by Thomas Wardle, Leek, and printed by Medlock Stationery Works, England, 1888
Physical description	Fabric sample book of printed textiles with a cloth binding and leather spine and corners. Inside the front cover is a label. The printed textile samples within the book are of textiles previously sent to exhibitions. Pages 43 to 62 have no heading, but do have some pasted in numbers (possibly exhibit numbers?) in addition to the running numbers. Pages 87 to 100 are labelled with letters up to aa. Pages 101 to 116 contain a sequence of numbered samples, but no heading. Pages 117 to the end are blank.
Dimensions	Length: 11.5in Width: 10in Depth: 3.5in Cover width: 23cm Spine length: 29cm Spine thickness: 7cm Including t.9 2 1978 weight: 2.7kg Including T.9:2-1978.
Marks and inscriptions	'No. 1' (Stamped on the spine) Richard Johnson, Medlock Stationery Works, Brook Street, Manchester (Label inside front cover) February 13th 1888 (Ink inscription inside front cover) 'Melbourne' (Heading on pages 1 to 26) 'Arts and Crafts' (Heading on pages 27 to 42) 'Glasgow Exhibition Jan. 16th, 1890' (Heading on pages 63 and 64) 'The London Silk Exhibition May 1890' (Heading on pages 65 to 86) 'Arts and Crafts 1890' (Heading on pages 87 to 100)
Credit line	Given by the Department of Regional Services
Production	Printed by Richard Johnson of Medlock Stationery Works
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.9:1-1978

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O365496/fabric-sample-book-thomas-wardle/

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