Textile Dye Sample Books collection
Finding aid prepared by Laura R. Rips, January 29, 2016.
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Title: Textile Dye Sample Books
collection
Dates: [approximately
1900]-1955
Collection Number: mssTextile
Extent:
28 items
14 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Fax: (626) 449-3477
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection is comprised of sample
books and cards, produced primarily by French dye and textile
manufacturers.
Language of Material: The records are in French and
English.
Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the
Reader Services Department. For more information, please go to following
web site .
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
[Identification of Item], Textile Dye Sample Books collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Purchased from David Bergman, April 2012.
The majority of items in the collection were produced by textile and dye
manufacturers in Lyon, France. A major center for the silk trade, Lyon's economy has
historically centered around its textile and dye industries. Lyon became an
important location for the manufacture of synthetic dyes and artificial fibers in
the mid-nineteenth century, and throughout the twentieth century.
The collection consists of catalogs and sample books produced by various dye and
textile manufactures. All items in the collection were produced by French
manufacturers, except for "Eighteen Thousand Color Combinations," published in New
York by William Helburn.
Textile and dye manufacturers represented in the collection include: Chambre
Syndicale des Teinturiers, Compagnie Française de Produits Chimiques & Matières
Colorantes de Saint-Clair-du-Rhône, Fédération de la soie, Vuilliod Ancel & Cie.
Eight items in the collection are of unidentified origin, but are labeled in French.
The collection demonstrates the evolution of France's dye and textile industries from
the early to mid-twentieth century. Thousands of examples showcase synthetic dyes,
natural and artificial fibers, fashionable colors, and color nomenclature.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically according to manufacturer. Most volumes
are housed in separate boxes, except for small items that are grouped together.
Unidentified items are organized by size.
Chambre Syndicale des
Teinturiers
Compagnie Française de Produits
Chimiques & Matières Colorantes de Saint-Clair-du-Rhône.
Fédération de la Soie
Rhodiaceta (Firm)
Vulliod Ancel & Cie.
William Helburn, Inc.
Color
Color in the textile
industries
Dyes and dyeing - Handbooks, manuals,
etc.
Dyes and dyeing - Silk
Dyes and dyeing - Textile
fibers
Textile fabrics - France - History -
20th century - Sources
Textile fabrics - Sample
books
Textile industry - History - 20th
century - Sources
Lyon (France)
Sample books - France - 20th
century
Sample books - United States - 20th
century
Box 1
Box 2
Box 3
Box 4
Box 5
Box 5: Fédération de la Soie-Rhodiaceta.
Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Box 6
Box 6: Rhodiaceta. Portfolio with dyed thread samples.
Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Box 7
Box 8
Box 9
Box 10
Box 11
Box 12
Box 13