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[SILK SAMPLES, France & Switzerland]
[3 Volumes containing approx. 740 samples of mounted variously-colored dyed tasselled silk trim].
1.[Cover title:] Carte de Nuances de la Chambre Syndicale des Teinturiers. Lyon: ‘Automne 1926’. Red cloth folder, upper cover and spine blocked in gilt, 14 ¾ x 11 1/4in; 375 x 281mm, silk samples numbered from 23001 – 23360 but with some missing [see images]: silk samples of individual shades on four light card printed sheets, joined with cloth hinges, folding into the covers.
2.Carte de Nuances Adoptee par l’Association des Teinturiers en Soie … ci-devant A. Clavel & F. Lindenmayer. Bale: ‘Automne 1928’. Wallet-style black folder, upper cover blocked in gilt, 5 ½ x 9in; 140 x 229mm., silk samples numbered from 9353-9544, complete [see images]: silk samples of individual shades on four light card printed sheets, joined with cloth hinges, folding into the covers.
3.Carte de Nuances Adoptee par l’Association des Teinturiers en Soie … ci-devant A. Clavel & F. Lindenmayer. Bale: ‘Printemps 1930’. Wallet-style black folder, upper cover blocked in gilt, 5 ½ x 9in; 140 x 229mm., silk samples numbered from 9929-10120, complete [see images]: silk samples of individual shades on four light card printed sheets, joined with cloth hinges, folding into the covers.
Accidentally beautiful. (3)