1923-24 Simplex Sample book

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.

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.

The book contains samples of the solid colored fabrics and the printed fabrics.

Small sized light colored prints.

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