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Zürcherische Seidenindustrie [manuscript text patterns / fabric samples].
1884.
Price:
$2,500.00
Printed title leaves for each section, other leaves in German manuscript in the hand of Bluntschli. 2 vols. Folio. Volumes: 2. Minor holes in one leaf in vol. II, one receipt in vol. I partially detached. Provenance: Paterson NJ factory.
Item #346524
Vol. I: 145 manuscript leaves. Several tipped in sample bills and many mechanical diagrams. Descriptions of 136 different fabrics and 49 samples of each.
Vol. II: 122 manuscript leaves. Large mechanical diagrams and many tipped in weaving patterns. Fabric samples of 112 patterns with descriptions, many of them with weaving diagrams
The canton of Zürich was the second largest silk producing area in the world in the nineteenth century, and in 1881 Zürich manufacturers established the Zürich Silk Weaving School.
Item #346524
Vol. I: 145 manuscript leaves. Several tipped in sample bills and many mechanical diagrams. Descriptions of 136 different fabrics and 49 samples of each.
Vol. II: 122 manuscript leaves. Large mechanical diagrams and many tipped in weaving patterns. Fabric samples of 112 patterns with descriptions, many of them with weaving diagrams
The canton of Zürich was the second largest silk producing area in the world in the nineteenth century, and in 1881 Zürich manufacturers established the Zürich Silk Weaving School.
