Stoffmuster (französisch).

Sample portfolio with approx. 800 fabric samples, namely 422 plain, ribbed or shaded tones striped velvets pasted on 20 pages. Furthermore 360 samples of printed, multicoloured patterned woollen trunks pasted on 19 pages. Each page surrounded by an ornamental blue print. Each page is surrounded by a decorative ornament in blue print and is bound in pink silk as well as an attached protective sheet. About 1820. the average size is 3.2 x 2.5 cm and 4.5 x 5 cm. Bound in book form in a case of green saffiano leather. (20 x 28 cm) with overhanging flap and clasp. Both covers with a gold border of rose vines; on the upper one a diamond-shaped label of red leather with the imprint: Mrs. Deheilly Coidy et Cie Negts á Amiens". Provenance: Auction Gilhofer, Lucerne 1932: ╔Library of the Tsar, No. 619.╗ - Exceptionally rich collection of fabric samples, from the beginning of the 19th century of French origin. - Exceptionally rich collection of fabric samples from the beginning of the 19th century of French origin. Collection of appprox. 800 samples. D