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1923-24 Simplex Sample book

4/28/2017

 
Vintage and antique fabric sample books give us an idea of the fabrics that were available to quilt makers  in the past.

This is a Simplex sample book showing fabrics available from 1923 - 1924. This book contains a combination of actual fabric samples and designs printed on paper. It's sometimes hard to tell the difference between the two  because they are so realistic.
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Cover of this book, which is actually a collection of large cards containing fabric samples. Cards are held together inside the covers with the twine at the left in the photo.
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The book contains samples of the solid colored fabrics and the printed fabrics.

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Small sized light colored prints.
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There are also pages with dark fabric prints in indigo, black, grey, and claret.
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