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Sample book

Jacquemart & Bénard, France

Volume contains 1,361 woodblock printed samples, 93 leaves. Designs include textile imitations, florals, geometrics, fancy gimps. Swatches detail the company's production from 1822-30.

Date

1822–30

Type

albums (bound) & books

Medium

Block-printed, gilded, flocked, handmade paper

Department

CHNDM

Institution

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object number

chndm_1986-34-2-1_1364

Credit

Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Decorative Arts Association Acquisitions Funds and through gift of Anonymous Donor and Bequest of Mary Hayward Weir