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Fabric Swatch

c.1870s-1880s (made)
Artist/Maker
Printemps (publisher)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Eleven fabric swatches adhered to a booklet of buff card, with details of the materials and prices printed in blue ink. The material samples are woven with a pattern of interlacing diagonal lines, creating a diamond pattern. The booklet is folded into three sections. The left hand section has five samples in dark green, ochre, terracotta, sap green and umber. The central section has one large sample of vermilion red fabric. The right hand section has five samples in flesh pink, olive green, terracotta, dark beige with some blue staining and a deep scarlet.

Object details

Categories
Fashion
Designs
Textiles
Clothing
Object type
Fabric swatch
Materials and techniques
fabric, printer's ink, card, adhesive, printed, woven
Fabric
Card
Printer's Ink
Adhesive
Printed
Woven
Brief description
Eleven fabric swatches of material for draperies and linings, in a booklet of buff card. From the Grands Magasins du Printemps, Paris. c.1870s-1880s.
Physical description
Eleven fabric swatches adhered to a booklet of buff card, with details of the materials and prices printed in blue ink. The material samples are woven with a pattern of interlacing diagonal lines, creating a diamond pattern. The booklet is folded into three sections. The left hand section has five samples in dark green, ochre, terracotta, sap green and umber. The central section has one large sample of vermilion red fabric. The right hand section has five samples in flesh pink, olive green, terracotta, dark beige with some blue staining and a deep scarlet.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14cm
  • Width: 16cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • NOTA: Nous prions les Dames de nous retourner une partie de l'Échantillon choisi en nous indiqunat le Prix et la Largeur (Printed along the bottom of the sample card)
    Translation
    Note: We ask the ladies to return a part of the chosen sample to us indicating the price and the width
  • PARIS.- GRANDS MAGASINS DU PRINTEMPS. -PARIS OCCASIONS HAUTE NOUVEAUTÉ pour Tentures et Doublures NUANCES du Type ci-contre TYPE DE QUALITÉ Largeur .... 128/130 Le mètre ... 1.40 TYPE DE QUALITÉ NUANCES du Type ci-contre (Lettered on the front of the booklet)
  • OCCASIONS DU COMPTOIR D'AMEUBLEMENT No 27 SOCIÉTÉ COMMERCIALE DE PUBLICITÉ, 89, R. D. AMSTERDAM, PARIS Grands Magasins du Printemps PARIS JULES JALUZET & Cie (Lettered on the back of the booklet)
Credit line
Given by Maggie Groves
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2928-2016

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Record createdNovember 1, 2016
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1371290/fabric-swatch-printemps/
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