item details
NameTextile swatchbook
ProductionBianchini Ferier; 1890s; France
Classificationswatches, sample books, reference books
Materialspaper, cloth
Registration NumberGH009582
Credit linePurchased 2001
Overview
Swatchbook containing samples of woven silks and other fabrics in a variety of colours and designs, pasted onto paper pages. Book comprises 176 pages, bound together in five sheafs. Hard board cover/spine, quarter vellum. Cover has green/black mottled pattern and is very scratched and worn. Spine has black/red woven strap and black stencilled inscription; "MATERIAUX 49".
The fabric samples are anonymous, and may be the work of a number of different designers. The book was part of a reference collection belonging to the Bianchini-Ferier design studio.