Sample book of tapestries from Münchener Gobelin-Manufactur

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Large quarto. Unpaginated (61 pages). No date, circa 1910. Two-toned cloth boards (41 x 34 cm) with gilt lettering to bottom of front panel and manuscript title to spine. Minor damp-staining to spine. A sheet of linen if affixed to the front pastedown, to which are sewn fout textile samples of various colours (ranging in size from 9 x 8 cm to 4 x 10. Also affixed to front pastedown are three black-and-white photographs of female tapestry workers (10 x 14 cm image) with one of the photographs capturing three women seated at large loom. Contents comprise 30 leaves of light-weight card-stock, featuring black-and-white photographs of Gobelin-style tapestries (64) and chair upholsteries (50), each of them accompanied by inventory numbers, prices (presumably in American dollars, size (in feet) and quality (4 through 7). Photographs range in size, with minor warping to some. As one of the German companies following the French tradition of Gobelin tapestries, the Münchener Gobelin-Manufaktur company first opened in 1908. The present sample book, apparently intended for a pre-War North American audience, documents the work accomplished in "Studio 232", with the introductory photographs -- of white-frocked women seated at their loom -- providing stylized documentation of the labour conditions. N° de ref. del artículo 000310

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