Richelieu Collection of Samples
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Article by Gertrude Whiting describing the Richelieu collection of textile samples (1732-1737) in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, seven volumes of annotated samples of silks, cottons, linens, woolens, ribbons, gauzes and laces. It is illustrated with plates of ribbons, royal table linen of 1736, woven materials, gauzes, and Perpignan lace of 1737 with price notes. It includes a free translation of part of Richelieu's preface on the lace industry of Havre, covering prices, export to the Americas, and women's bobbin-lace wages.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1938
- Languages
- English, French
- Pages
- 13
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