Collection Highlights
The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
2000.715
Cardboard, wood, paper
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Luce Center
Sample card: CB no. 1 w/9 samples
Title
Sample card: CB no. 1 w/9 samples
Object name
Sample card
Date
1850-1900
Medium
Paper, silk
Dimensions
Overall: 19 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. ( 50.5 x 27.3 cm )
Description
Vertical rectangular paper sample card of designs embroidered in various colors of silk floss onto various colors of silk swatches, with pointed sloping top and straight sides and bottom, reverse covered in silk; stock number framed across top, three horizontal rows of designs, each swatch numbered and each row with printed floral motif border.
Object Number
INV.12030
Marks
printed: top center, in red: "C B / No. 1"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
