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Book Condition: Used
Seller: D & E Lake Ltd. (ABAC, ILAB)

Canada
About Item: Chicago: Dixie Tailor Co., 1901., 1901. oblong folio. [ff. 30]. printed on heavy card stock. 289 samples of fabrics mounted in the text, & 28 full-page illus. original cloth (worn, front joint repaired, some minor spotting to covers, few samples moth-eaten). loosely laid in are 2 printed envelopes & a folio printed broadsheet titled How To Measure Correctly (creased). The Dixie Tailor Company was one of the largest importers of woollens in the American Midwest. The above swatch book contains samples of plaid, striped and tweed wools, wool crepes, and felts, with a few samples of silk vestings, doeskin, and corduroy. Scattered throughout the album are designs for men's suits, vests, and uniforms, interspersed with reproductions of photographs and art works totally unrelated in subject matter, including two Cuban views and one showing the interior of an Alaskan Indian hut.. Hardcover.
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