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Manuscript study on various types of silk fabrics. Illustrated with 385 drawings of various weaves, and 101 fabric samples, pasted onto heavy cream paper.
I) "Préliminaires"; "D‚composition des Echantillons B.C."; II) "étoffes … 1 fils au maillon"; III) "Grand Fa‡onn‚es"; IV) "Grand Fa‡onn‚es combin‚ avec lisses de Lev‚e et lisse de Rabat"; V) "Préliminaires"; "D‚composition des Echantillons: gaze zephyr"; VI) "Préliminaires"; "D‚composition des Echantillons: velour fris‚ et velours coup‚." Ex libris: "Fressandes." Bound in three-quarter vellum.
In French.
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