A Collection of distinctive hand-block printed linens & cretonnes
A trade sample book of hand-block printed linens and cretonnes issued in 1900 by J.H. Thorp & Co of New York, aimed at buyers and manufacturers of furnishing fabric. The plates show swatches in colourways: a repeating bird-and-vine ground in several colours, a large-scale carnation and tulip bouquet on striped ground, dense rose clusters over black stripes, and narrow striped patterns with trailing foliage and ribbon motifs, useful for period and repeat-pattern studies.
