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Dyer's record book

Dyer's record book

Dyer's record book

Thomas Ratcliffe

1810

Medium: Medium: leather, paper, cotton Technique: (samples) block and roller printed on plain weave foundation
Genre: Sample books
Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Leather bound book containing fabric swatches and recipes for printing various colors. Fabric swatches have been both block and cylinder printed, and many have used resist techniques.