Object Details
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Book with thick accordion-folded pages containing two-hundred and sixteen dyed silk color samples. Each sample is folded to show the dye color on both satin and crepe weave. Each color has a name and a cable number.
Credit Line
Gift of The Color Association of the United States, Inc.
Date
1960
Accession Number
1960-82-1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
sample books
Object Name
Sample book
Type
Sample book
Medium
Label: board covers, printed cardboard pages, silk samples
Dimensions
H x W x D (closed): 26.5 x 15.8 x 4.8 cm (10 7/16 x 6 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.)
H x W x D (open): 26.5 x 51.4 x 3.2 cm (10 7/16 x 20 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
made in
New York, USA
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1960-82-1
