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Weaver's Thesis Book, Cahier de Theorie 1848

This is a Weaver's thesis book. It is dated 1848 and we acquired it in 1939. Its medium is paper, bound with buckram covered cardboard with vellum back and corners, containing fabric samples and mises-en-carte. It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Trustees' Book Appropriation.

  • Program Drawings
  • color pencil on paper, mounted on board.
  • Richard Landis.
  • 63.2017.13

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (closed): 48 × 34 × 5.2 cm (18 7/8 × 13 3/8 × 2 1/16 in.)

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Weaver's Thesis Book, Cahier de Theorie 1848; France; paper, bound with buckram covered cardboard with vellum back and corners, containing fabric samples and mises-en-carte; H x W x D (closed): 48 × 34 × 5.2 cm (18 7/8 × 13 3/8 × 2 1/16 in.); Museum purchase from Trustees' Book Appropriation; 1939-40-3

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