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Oblong 4to. 10.5 x 8.25 in. 24 pp. With colour chromolithograph illustrations throughout, including 12 plates half- and full-page, & colour chromolith text sample illustrations in colour. Colour-printed softcovers, lettering in red & black, birds-eye view of factory on front cover (minor rubbing, minor soiling, edgewear, 1 small closed tear at foot of spine), still a VG bright copy. First edition of this particularly rare chromolithograph sample catalogue for the noted German Coir Rug weaving firm, Stevens & Schurholz. The company's rugs were woven from the husks of coconut shells, and proved to be an exceptionally durable fiber for heavily trafficked areas, with several depicted in this catalogue. These include churches, hotel entrance rugs, restaurants, dining room mats and rugs, outdoor portico and veranda rugs -- exceptional image here showing not only the sample rugs, but also an Aquarium fountain side table, along with machine factories, trains, gymnasiums, pools, and stables. The brilliantly coloured and displayed patterns incorporate geometric, pictorial, and simple solid colour patterns. These Coir rugs were often used in pools, bath houses, and onboard ships as they were mold resistant, and could be repeatedly cleaned. The company was founded in 1887 by Stevens & Schurholz as the Open Trading Company, later changed to Schurholz & Sohne after the Stevens family left the business, and continues to operate as the Linea Naturale company. Dating was arrived at not only through the particular sleeves for the women's fashions, as well as one image of German infantry soldiers wearing Chevaulegers Waffenrock uniforms, with the model of officer's caps used until about 1897. No copies in Worldcat; See: Linea Naturale, We Are a Family Business (2021).