Soieries Lainages Indiennes; Dernières Créations. Album Soieries-Lainages Année 1936 à conserver jusqu'en Février 1937. La plus importante spécialité en Tissus, Soieries et Garnitures pour la Couture. [Woolens, Indian Silks; Latest Creations. Album Silks Woolens, Year 1936 Keep Until February 1937. The largest speciality of fabrics, silks and linings for Couture] French Fashion Houses.
Illustrated by Menetrier [Crépatte, Strauss & Fils]
(Book #ID 81452)
Published by Crépatte, Strauss & Fils 43, Rue Greneta, Paris 1936. Paris 1936.
Hard back binding in publisher's original textured white paper covered boards, red title lettering to the front cover, brass rivets through the spine. Folio 16½'' x 13''. Mounted original textile swatches over 100 pages comprising 483 [14 missing] large samples, and 1048 [34 missing] smaller samples, 16 full-page hand drawn colour plates by Menetrier, each plate depicting a particular fabric from the swatch leaf opposite. Some of the covering to the rear board has worn away through a damp stain, this affects the inside edges of the rear board, but not the fabric leaf, the majority [24] of the missing swatches are across two leaves where all of them have been removed, these two pages showed Écossais Ready, Ensemble Far-West, Bouton Lugwand, Damier Long-Koï, Mousse Shékérazde, Mousse Businesman, Tailleur Myran. The remaining 24 missing textiles are spread throughout the 1500. Extremely heavy weighing 3kg 500g. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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