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In 1764, British customs confiscated a book containing hundreds of samples of different qualities of silks from French agents who were attempting to sell them illegally in London. This merchant’s sample book was acquired in 1972 by the Victoria and Albert Museum, and today it provides a fascinating record of the 18th-century French and English silk industries and their commercial practices. Alongside a full and faithful reproduction of the whole beautiful album―an extremely rare, fragile, and significant object―Lesley Miller describes how the sample book was a marketing tool for the premier European silk-weaving center of Lyon, France, and a model for English textile manufacturers in Spitalfields. She also discusses how the silks were made and for whom through the use of contemporary portraits and archival documents dating to the 1760s. The album itself is astonishing, reproducing hundreds of patterns.
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Lesley Ellis Miller is senior curator of textiles and fashion (pre-1800) at the V&A.
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- PublisherV & A Publishing
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1851777814
- ISBN 13 9781851777815
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages272
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Selling Silks A Merchant's Sample Book 1764
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ISBN 10: 1851777814
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hardbound. profusely illustrated (illustrator). Reproduction in full-colour of an 18th Century merchant's sample book, reputed to be the same item confiscated by British Customs in 1764 from French agents who were attempting to sell the silk samples illegally in London; includes a lengthy introduction discussing French silks in fashion, manufacturing and selling, etc; illustrated with hundreds of full-page colour plates; includes reference appendices, and select bibliography; 1st Edition first printing (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Dustwrapper. 271pp. 4to. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # 23987
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Selling Silks A Merchant's Sample Book 1764
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ISBN 10: 1851777814
ISBN 13: 9781851777815
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 271 pp., bound with pictorial dust jacket. Light shelf wear, fine copy. Profusely illustrated in colour. 32 x 24 cm. Seller Inventory # JL/2024/2110/13
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