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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 cotton, paper, clothbound covers and its technique is printed on plain weave, gauze and twill. 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: 43 × 27 × 13 cm (16 15/16 × 10 5/8 × 5 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inside book cover: Virginia Hamill 6 East 45 Street

Cite this object as

Sample Book, Cotton Prints Samples, ca. 1855; France; cotton, paper, clothbound covers; H x W x D: 43 × 27 × 13 cm (16 15/16 × 10 5/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Gift of Virginia Hamill Johnson; 1973-6-2

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