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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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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
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F. M. & Co
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Hogg Brothers (Shanghai, China)
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Kirchner, John, fl. 1840's
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Lunning, Elizabeth
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Morris, Henry, 1925–
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P.B. & B. Ltd
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Redaway, James, 1797–1858
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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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2023-2024
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Books
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Archives & Manuscripts
9
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
1
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unknown
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Period
20th century
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19th century
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21st century
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18th century
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sample book
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textile material
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lace (needlework)
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machine lace
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handmade paper
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japanese paper (handmade paper)
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patterned paper
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trade catalog
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chemical lace
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chromolithograph
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engraving
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etching
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sample
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accordion fold format (binding)
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bobbin lace
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broderie anglaise
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case bindings (binding)
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cloth half binding
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cluny bobbin lace
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decal
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Paper -- Sample books.
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Textile fabrics -- Sample books.
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Clothing and dress -- Great Britain.
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Paper industry -- United States.
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Textile fabrics -- Specimens.
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Clothing trade -- Great Britain.
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Lace and lace making -- Great Britain.
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Lace industry -- Great Britain.
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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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Printers -- England -- London.
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Artists' materials -- Specimens.
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Bird & Bull Press.
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British -- China -- Shanghai.
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Chromolithography -- Great Britain.
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Clothing and dress -- France.
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Clothing trade -- France.
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Commercial art -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain
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United States
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England
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France
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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
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Shanghai
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Associated People
Fewkes, Ernest
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Johnson, John de Monins, 1882–1956
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Kirchner, John, fl. 1840's
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Redaway, James, 1797–1858
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Exhibition History
"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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Decalcomania sample book
circa 1870
2
Lace sample book
1930s?
3
Thomas Bean & Son, (Printers)
Stock wine & spirit labels
[approximately 1900]
4
Hogg Brothers (Shanghai, China)
Sample book of patterned silk fabrics sold by Hogg Brothers, Shanghai
between 1860 and 1899
5
Redaway, James, 1797–1858
Sample book of intaglio prints
1850s?
6
J. & J. Jeffery (Firm)
Patterns for decorative papers
approximately 2010
7
Lace sample book
1920s?
8
W.N. Sharpe Ltd
In memoriam cards
[1936?]
9
Dugdale Bros. & Co., Ltd
Tailors and costumiers' linings and trimmings
1938
10
Lace sample book
between 1920 and [1940?]
11
Reeves & Sons (London, England)
Samples of Reeves' drawing papers
[early 20th century?]
12
Salesman's case of lace samples
late 19th century
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F. M. & Co
Fabric sample book
ca. 1860
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Sample book
mid-19th century
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Album of designs for fancy goods
18th century
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Stevens-Nelson Paper Corporation
Samples, Bertini decorative papers
[ca. 1950?]
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P.B. & B. Ltd
Lace sample book
1920s?
18
Nelson-Whitehead Paper Co
Oriental printing, fantasy and art papers
[1959?]
19
Morris, Henry, 1925–
Printed paste-papers
[1990?]
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Nelson-Whitehead Paper Co
Samples, French marbled papers
[195-?]
21
Craftool
[circa 1960?]
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J. & J. Jeffery (Firm)
Handbound notebooks and decorative books papers / J. & J. Jeffery (Firm)
[approximately 2010]
23
Andrews, Nelson, Whitehead (Firm)
European and Oriental printing and art papers imported and stocked by Andrews / Nelson / Whitehead
[198-]
24
Kirchner, John, fl. 1840's
[Engraver's sample book]
1860]
25
J. & J. Jeffery (Firm)
Decorative papers
[approximately 2010]
26
Nelson-Whitehead Paper Co
Japanese patterned papers
[between 1950 and 1959?]
27
Lace sample book
between 1920 and 1940?
28
Lace sample book
circa [1860?]
29
Nelson-Whitehead Paper Co
Samples, St. Albans papers
[1959?]
30
Bidwell, John, 1949–
Fine papers at the Oxford University Press
[1999]
31
Lunning, Elizabeth
The Print Council of America paper sample book
[1996]
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Sykas, Philip Anthony
The secret life of textiles
2005