1845 Conversationals from France

These are from page 15 of a swatch book : Sterling & Francine Clark Art Inst. Lib 1845
I've posted the page before but didn't have high enough resolution to zoom in on the conversationals.  Thanks to Wendy Reed, Gloria Nizon and Pinterst, I do now!  Enjoy

 bugs!

 dice

 dogs

 hunting dogs and deer

 flies

Harlequin

 hunter

monkey and fiddler

 weapons (I think I have more of this elsewhere!)

 reference page 15

Sterling & Francine Clark Art Inst. Lib 1845 swath book, https://archive.org/stream/chantillons00unse#page/n15/mode/2up

last link will take you to scanned book with oodles of mid-century fabrics.  there are lots of pages (including several blank pages between groups.)

Play With Me #3 Backgammon

Raw edge reverse applique

Off to link this--don't forget to see the 19th Century conversational fabrics posted a couple of days ago!

More delightful fabric scraps from the 19th Century French to Hearts

I  wish we could actually buy these (as well as all of the others!), fortunately there are hints of these now and then.  I recently picked up some dog heads from Silver Linings (Laundry Basket Quilts, Edyta Sitar) and birds from Songbird Primitives (Primitive Gatherings, Lisa Bongean) and I'm waiting for bees from Bee Creative (Moda, Deb Strain).  Here are a few more to delight you (sorry for any repeats!):

late 19th Century (French)

late 19th Century (French)

dogs late 19th Century (French)

dogs late 19th Century (French)

clubs  late 19th Century (French)

cards late 19th Century (French)

fruit 1887

1890

1883 Edmund Potter & Co, Manchester, UK

1883 Edmund Potter & Co, Manchester, UK

1883 Edmund Potter & Co, Manchester, UK

1885 Cocheco Print Works, NH

1883 Grafton & Co, UK

1883 Bayley & Craven, UK

n.d.

n.d.

1884 Dalglish, Falconer & Co, Scotland

1883 UK

Wonderful fabrics and swatches from 19th Century (mostly) from Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum (Warning, many pictures)

I want them all!!  These are from various printers in the US

American Print Works, Fall River, MA.  The American Printing Company became the largest producer of printed cotton cloth in the United States by the early 20th Century. The company was established in 1821 by Colonel Richard Borden and Major Bradford Durfee. The American Print Works was established in 1835 by Holder Borden. It employed several thousand workers at its peak during World War I. (Lizzie Borden, the famed alleged axe-murderess in 1892 was the great-granddaughter of an uncle of Colonel Richard Borden).  Most of these were curated at Smithsonian in 1939.

Centennial 1876

1876

1876 egg with chick

1876 US and UK flags brown

1876 US/UK flags red

1876 George Washington

1870s ladies hats

1870s belt & riding crop

1876 Rooster

1876 Simon Bolivar

1876, Judie Rothermel did this repro with "to the Next Century' in 2000

1870s 3 Arrows 

Cocheco Print Works/Cocheco Mills, Dover New Hampshire.  Cocheco Mills was purchased by Pacific Print Works in the early 20th century. The following were swatches in a Printer's Sample Book dated 1885

1885 Cheater with Mikado theme (Mikado opened in London in 1885 and was all the rage)

1882 cranes 3 color ways

1882-1888 2 color ways

1882-1888

1886

1886 four color ways

1882-1888

1882-1888

1882-1888

1882-1888

1887

1886 3 color ways

1882 3 color ways "Shaggy dog"

1887-1888 badminton shuttle cock (very popular game)

Old Pacific Print Works, Lawrence, Massachusetts

1867 fruit

1866-1869, I have a repro similar to this one from Windham, Clara Barton Collection (in blue)

Hope you enjoyed these--had a ball looking (and finding!!) these at the Cooper Hewitt website.