ALBUM D’ECHANTILLONS DE TISSU DESTINE AUX MAISONS DE COUTURE.

Very interesting sample album presenting a very varied assortment of fabrics with multiple colors and patterns: plain, striped, checked, tartan, adorned with geometric decorations, fantasy motifs, stylized flowers, abstract designs… as well as numerous ribbons, braids, and fringes.

This volume presents the annual collection offered by a fabric manufacturer to one of its clients, undoubtedly a couture house.

The patterns, intended to be reproduced on all kinds of garments, are here printed on silk, satin, velvet, crepe, and muslin.

Fine set of fabric samples, preserved in its period binding, which reveals the clothing tastes of Europeans on the eve of the First World War.

This sampling of French production, from the most common fabrics to the more brilliant models from silk factories, makes a valuable contribution to historians of fashion and costume.

This type of work is moreover sought after by all the major fashion houses and by textile historians.