Author's name and title of work are taken from printed paper spine label, which reads: Ch. Liénard-Fiévet ... professeur de chimie tinctoriale, chimie textile, technologie mécanique. [In longhand] Soie naturelle.
Each album has 12 leaves, folded accordion-style, with 25 numbers written on each leaf next to spaces for the samples. The samples are secured by pasted-down strips of paper.
There are 0-9 samples wanting per leaf (assuming that each leaf originally held 25 samples).
Ms. note on front pastedown of first album: R.V.B., Octobre 1887, carnet 1; ms. note on front pastedown of second album: R.V.B., Avril 1888, carnet 1. [R.V.B. is unidentified]
Also available online.
Each album is bound in original embossed black cloth with "RVB, Lyon" blind-stamped on front covers; the portfolio encasing both albums is bound in original embossed brown cloth with "Avril 1888" blind-stamped on front cover.
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Summary:
Sample book of 532 knotted skeins of dyed silk thread, with the names and numbers for each range of colors written in ink to the left of the samples. Probably used as a master guide for matching dye lot colors.
