Manuscripts
Manuscript sample book
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- Description
- Manuscript sample book containing about 1,200 samples of various kind of dyed wool and felt produced by the Christoffel Dyeing Company. It is signed by Carl Ludwig Christoffel on the inside endpaper with the date 1822, November 1 (although the manuscript is actually dated 1822, November - 1826, April). This sample book contains 467 samples of the finished dyed wools and felts, along with two to four additional samples of unfinished fabrics for each of the finished samples. Each of the 467 finished samples is accompanied by a recipe in manuscript for the dye which was employed. The text is in German.
- Production date
- 1822-1826.
- Call number
- mssHM 69384
- Provenance
- Purchased from Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller, January 10, 2012.
