Remarkable album of samples of shaped silks, Manufacture J. - Lot 107

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Remarkable album of samples of shaped silks, Manufacture J. - Lot 107
Remarkable album of samples of shaped silks, Manufacture J. Forest & Cie, 1890-1900 approx., all weaves and colours including a series of black branched damasks, tartans, lampas, pekins and prints on warp with sophisticated natural flowers, japanese and oriental inspiration, learned abstractions. Cut and curled shaped velvets, the most remarkable of which are warp-printed backgrounds, plush in the imitation of feathers. About 1940 samples, (some missing), 6 x 9 cm to 27 x 16 cm. Part of the archive of the Forest ribbon factory with masterpieces of the factory in Saint-Etienne between 1830 and 1930 mainly. Lots 88 to 118
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