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Book of Designs

1700 · 14 pictures

A 1700 pattern book of textile designs, made as a reference for designers and makers, with no place of origin given in the record. Its pictures are grids of dark rectangular swatches on pale paper, each filled with a different small-scale surface pattern of dots, stripes, scales and crackled textures, which a designer could draw on for repeat patterns and fabric motifs.

Textile design

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