A 1771 Textile Sample Book. Metropolitan Museum of Art

A 1771 Textile Sample Book. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The book includes checks, stripes, patterned weave (diaper) and plain textiles.

"Date: 1771 Culture: British Medium: Paper, cloth binding, with attached samples of fustian

In 1771 this sample book was an innovative marketing tool that traveled from Liverpool to New York City with Captain Nicholson on the brigantine Havannah. Its five hundred swatches, made by the Manchester manufacturing firm of Benjamin and John Bower..."

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Although the presentation is excellent it is not conducive to viewing the swatches in sequence. So I went through, clicking back and forth from the thumbnails to magnified image, and saved links to the patterned swatches.

Links to the swatches.

Checks 1-12

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Checks 13-24


Checks 25-36


Checks 37-48


Checks 49-60


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Checks 61-72


Checks 73-84


Checks 85-96


Checks 97-104


Checks 105-108


Checks 109-116 (Large.)


Checks 117-121 (Large check.)


Stripes 122-133


















Stripes 134-142


Stripes143-151


Stripes 152-160


Stripes 161-169


Stripes 170-178


Stripes 179-187


Stripes 188-199


Stripes 201-206 (Dark Ground.)


















Stripes 207-212 (Dark Ground.)


Diapers 193-204


Diapers 205-216


Stripes 213-224


Stripes 225-236


Stripes 237-248


Stripes 249-260


Stripes 261-272


















Stripes 273-284




Documents

A 1771 Textile Sample Book. Metropolitan Museum of Art