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¶ Paulet — L’Art du fabriquant d’étoffes de soie (1776)

April 18, 2017

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Paulet, Jean. L’Art du fabriquant d’étoffes de soie. [Paris: Delatour], 1776.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 869.

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¶ Michel — Recherches (1852–54)

August 27, 2014

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Michel, Francisque. Recherches sur le commerce, la fabrication et l’usage des étoffes de soie, d’or et d’argent, et autres tissues précieux en Occident, principalement en France, pendant le moyen âge. 2 vols. Paris: de Crapelet, 1852–54.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 681 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £7 10s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Unlocated.

References: MS catalogue (1), fol. 8 (£2). —MS catalogue (2), no. 142.

Digital version: Gallica.


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¶ Macquer — Art de la teinture en soli (1763)

May 24, 2014

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Macquer, Pierre Joseph. Art de la teinture en soli. [Paris?], 1763.

Signature of Morris. Large paper. Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 788 (sold to Henry Wellcome for 17s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / D 34793/D).


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¶ Rock — Textile fabrics (1870)

April 2, 2014

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Rock, Very Rev. Daniel. South Kensington Museum. Textile fabrics: a descriptive catalogue of the collection of church-vestments, dresses, silk stuffs, needlework and tapestries, forming that section of the Museum. London: published for the Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman and Hall, 1870.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1016 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £2). — Henry Wellcome. — Unlocated.

Digital versions: HathiTrust.


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¶ Wardle — Wild silks of India (1878)

April 2, 2014

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Wardle, Thomas. Monographs on the tusser and other wild silks of India, descriptive of the objects and specimens exhibited in the India section of the Paris Exhibition. London: printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1878.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1051 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 14s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 425.

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