{"product_id":"album-of-vividly-coloured-floral-printed-textile-designs","title":"Album of vividly coloured floral printed textile designs","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eTextile sample album with printed floral fabrics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eGermany? Ca. 1860.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eOblong 4° (29,5 x 22,5 cm.) album containing 31 fabric specimens mounted on 24 stiff card leaves, some larger samples folding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eContemporary half calf with marbled paper-covered boards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e              \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAn appealing nineteenth-century textile sample album preserving a varied group of printed cotton fabrics with floral and botanical designs typical of European dress textiles in the third quarter of the nineteenth century. The mounted specimens display scattered floral sprigs, naturalistic botanical sprays, and scrolling decorative vines in polychrome palettes of violet, magenta, blue, green, red, and ochre. Several leaves contain small pattern fragments arranged as design studies, while others retain larger sections revealing the full decorative repeat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe fabrics are fine plain-weave cottons (muslin or light calico), printed by roller printing, the industrial method that dominated European cotton textile production during the mid- to late nineteenth century. The presence of vivid violets, pinks, and purples strongly suggests the use of early synthetic aniline dyes, introduced after the late 1850s and widely adopted by the 1860s. The designs correspond closely with dress fabrics produced in major textile printing centres such as Mulhouse in Alsace and neighbouring regions of Switzerland and southern Germany.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAlbums of this type were commonly assembled within the textile trade as working reference collections for merchants, designers, or manufacturers. The mounted fragments provided a convenient record of available patterns and colourways and served both practical and commercial purposes within the circulation of textile designs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAn attractive survival documenting the design vocabulary of European printed cotton textiles during the early decades of synthetic dye printing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eCondition: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eBinding slightly rubbed. leaves with occasional foxing, light age-toning, and traces of adhesive around the mounted samples; one pencil annotations beneath a small specimens. Textile samples generally well preserved, sometime toned.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artem Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52995546775895,"sku":null,"price":1900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/9248\/9647\/files\/7724bcc2-820d-4089-a132-beacf163bf2c.png?v=1773309515","url":"https:\/\/artemrarebooks.com\/products\/album-of-vividly-coloured-floral-printed-textile-designs","provider":"Artem Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}