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[Pattern and account book of Samuel Hunsberger, Pennsylvania German weaver, 1819-1823]
[Pattern and account book of Samuel Hunsberger, Pennsylvania German weaver, 1819-1823]
Samuel Hunsberger · 1819-1823
Manuscript · 57 pages · weaving drafts
A scanned manuscript pattern and account book kept by Samuel Hunsberger, a Pennsylvania German weaver of Franconia Township, Montgomery County, begun in 1819. It opens with a typed biographical sketch, then reproduces the handwritten pattern book: about 110 threading drafts and nearly 60 tie-ups for four to twenty shafts, including point twill, turned twill, double cloth, damask and float work, with numbered patterns and loose sheets. The later pages hold German-language weaving accounts for customers from 1821 to 1823, with yardage and prices for linen, linsey, tow, coverlets and silk.

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