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1746-1823 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Album consisting of ninety-seven pages of paper with textile samples and fashion plates attached. The album has a green parchment binding and more than half of the pages are blank. The samples and fashion plates are usually companied by descriptive notes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Paper, parchment, textiles
Brief description
Album with textile samples and fashion plates, compiled by Barbara Johnson, England, 1746-1823.
Physical description
Album consisting of ninety-seven pages of paper with textile samples and fashion plates attached. The album has a green parchment binding and more than half of the pages are blank. The samples and fashion plates are usually companied by descriptive notes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15in
  • Width: 9.75in
  • Spine depth: 2 - 3.25in
  • Weight: 10.62kg
Production
Compiled by Barbara Johnson between 1746-1823.
Bibliographic references
  • Serena Dyer, 'Barbara Johnson's Album: Material Literacy and Consumer Practice, 1746-1823'. Journal of British Studies, Vol. 42, no. 3 (2019), pp. 263-82. Natalie Rothstein ed., Barbara Johnson's Album of Fashions and Fabrics (London: Thames and Hudson, 1987), facsimile with introduction.
  • Serena Dyer, 'Material accounting: A sartorial account book', Material Lives: Women Makers and Consumer Culture in the 18th Century, 2021, chapter 2, 21-47.
Collection
Accession number
T.219-1973

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Record createdOctober 18, 2007
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