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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Creator
Nelson-Whitehead Paper Co
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J. & J. Jeffery (Firm)
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Andrews, Nelson, Whitehead (Firm)
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Bidwell, John, 1949–
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Dugdale Bros. & Co., Ltd
1
F. M. & Co
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Hogg Brothers (Shanghai, China)
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Kirchner, John, fl. 1840's
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Koechlin, Camille, 1811–1890
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Morris, Henry, 1925–
1
Ōtsuka, Tomisaburō
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P.B. & B. Ltd
1
Redaway, James, 1797–1858
1
Reeves & Sons (London, England)
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Stevens-Nelson Paper Corporation
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Sykas, Philip Anthony
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Thomas Bean & Son, (Printers)
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W.N. Sharpe Ltd
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Unknown
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Under Certain Circumstances
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Free to Use
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Available
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New Additions
2023-2024
2
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Books
17
Archives & Manuscripts
14
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
1
Creator Gender
unknown
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Period
20th century
17
19th century
12
21st century
4
18th century
1
Work Type
sample book
37
textile material
13
lace (needlework)
8
machine lace
8
handmade paper
4
japanese paper (handmade paper)
4
patterned paper
4
trade catalog
4
swatche
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chemical lace
2
chromolithograph
2
engraving
2
etching
2
pattern book
2
sample
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silk
2
accordion fold format (binding)
1
bobbin lace
1
broderie anglaise
1
case bindings (binding)
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Textile fabrics -- Sample books.
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Textile fabrics -- Specimens.
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Clothing and dress -- Great Britain.
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Clothing trade -- Great Britain.
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Paper -- Sample books.
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Paper industry -- United States.
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Lace and lace making -- Great Britain.
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Lace industry -- Great Britain.
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Clothing and dress -- France.
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Clothing trade -- France.
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Nelson-Whitehead Paper Co. -- Catalogs.
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Decorative paper -- Specimens.
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Dresses -- Great Britain.
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J. & J. Jeffery (Firm)
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Clothing and dress -- Europe -- 19th century.
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Dyes and dyeing -- Chemistry -- 19th century.
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Dyes and dyeing -- Cotton -- 19th century.
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Printers -- England -- London.
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Textile design -- France -- Alsace.
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Textile fabrics -- France -- Design.
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19th century
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Great Britain
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United States
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France
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England
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London
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China
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Dalston
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England England, North West
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England Nordwest
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England Oxford
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Europe
1
Japan
1
Mulhouse (France)
1
Shanghai
1
Associated People
Fewkes, Ernest
1
Johnson, John de Monins, 1882–1956
1
Kirchner, John, fl. 1840's
1
Ōtsuka Tomisaburō
1
Redaway, James, 1797–1858
1
Exhibition History
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
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"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
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Language
English
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French
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Japanese
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Decalcomania sample book
circa 1870
2
Koechlin, Camille, 1811–1890
Sample books for printed cotton fabrics manufactured by Koechlin & Frères
1841-1843
3
Pattern book of fabric designs
ca. 1832?
4
Redaway, James, 1797–1858
Sample book of intaglio prints
1850s?
5
J. & J. Jeffery (Firm)
Patterns for decorative papers
approximately 2010
6
Hogg Brothers (Shanghai, China)
Sample book of patterned silk fabrics sold by Hogg Brothers, Shanghai
between 1860 and 1899
7
Dugdale Bros. & Co., Ltd
Tailors and costumiers' linings and trimmings
1938
8
Ōtsuka, Tomisaburō
Catalog of komon patterns made by Ōtsuka Tomisaburō
between 1889 and 1912?
9
Lace sample book
1920s?
10
W.N. Sharpe Ltd
In memoriam cards
[1936?]
11
Lace sample book
1930s?
12
Thomas Bean & Son, (Printers)
Stock wine & spirit labels
[approximately 1900]
13
Samples of lace trimming
circa 1880
14
Album of crochet samples
early 20th century
15
Lace sample book
between 1920 and [1940?]
16
F. M. & Co
Fabric sample book
ca. 1860
17
Salesman's case of lace samples
late 19th century
18
Reeves & Sons (London, England)
Samples of Reeves' drawing papers
[early 20th century?]
19
Morris, Henry, 1925–
Printed paste-papers
[1990?]
20
Album of embroidered fabric samples
ca. 1900
21
Sample book
mid-19th century
22
J. & J. Jeffery (Firm)
Handbound notebooks and decorative books papers / J. & J. Jeffery (Firm)
[approximately 2010]
23
Stevens-Nelson Paper Corporation
Samples, Bertini decorative papers
[ca. 1950?]
24
P.B. & B. Ltd
Lace sample book
1920s?
25
Album of designs for fancy goods
18th century
26
Craftool
[circa 1960?]
27
Nelson-Whitehead Paper Co
Oriental printing, fantasy and art papers
[1959?]
28
Nelson-Whitehead Paper Co
Samples, French marbled papers
[195-?]
29
Kirchner, John, fl. 1840's
[Engraver's sample book]
1860]
30
J. & J. Jeffery (Firm)
Decorative papers
[approximately 2010]
31
Nelson-Whitehead Paper Co
Japanese patterned papers
[between 1950 and 1959?]
32
Lace sample book
between 1920 and 1940?
33
Lace sample book
circa [1860?]
34
Nelson-Whitehead Paper Co
Samples, St. Albans papers
[1959?]
35
Andrews, Nelson, Whitehead (Firm)
European and Oriental printing and art papers imported and stocked by Andrews / Nelson / Whitehead
[198-]
36
Bidwell, John, 1949–
Fine papers at the Oxford University Press
[1999]
37
Sykas, Philip Anthony
The secret life of textiles
2005