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Fabric Swatch

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

Fabric swatches adhered onto card backing with printed text

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Designs
Fashion
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
Five fabric swatches of checked Indian cotton in various colours, stapled in a buff card booklet with details printed in black ink. From the Grands Magasins du Louvre, Paris. c.1870s-1880s.
Physical description
Fabric swatches adhered onto card backing with printed text
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.3cm
  • Width: 5.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • GDS. MAGASINS DU LOUVRE PARIS INDIENNE No 17 Largeur 0m80 Le Mètre 1f.05 Déposée (Lettered on white paper label adhered to uppermost fabric sample)
    Translation
    GRAND LOUVRE DEPARTMENT STORE PARIS INDIAN No. 17 Width 0m80 Per Meter 1f.05 tabled
  • INDIENNE No 17 (Printed on the front of paper booklet)
    Translation
    INDIAN No 17
  • GRANDS MAGASINS DU LOUVRE Les plus vastes du monde PARIS Tissus Nouveautés 313 L-No.2343
    Translation
    GRAND LOUVRE DEPARTMENT STORE The largest in the world PARIS New Fabric Arrivals 313 L-No.2343
Credit line
Given by Maggie Groves
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2946-2016

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Record createdNovember 1, 2016
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1371308/fabric-swatch-louvre/
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