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1973

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2025

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Sample Book, Cotton Prints Samples, ca. 1855

This is a Sample book. It is dated ca. 1855 and we acquired it in 1973. Its medium is silk, paper, clothbound covers. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Lincoln Johnson. It is credited Gift of Virginia Hamill Johnson.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 32.5 × 29 × 5 cm (12 13/16 × 11 7/16 × 1 15/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Sample Book, Cotton Prints Samples, ca. 1855; silk, paper, clothbound covers; H x W x D: 32.5 × 29 × 5 cm (12 13/16 × 11 7/16 × 1 15/16 in.); Gift of Virginia Hamill Johnson; 1973-6-3

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