Cocheco Velvets Special Silk Dye, 1904

THF600632 / Cocheco Velvets Special Silk Dye, 1904 / front cover
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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Sample book

Date Made

1904

Subject Date

1904

Creator Notes

Product manufactured by Cocheco Manufacturing Company, Dover, New Hampshire.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2017.84.0.12.7

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of American Textile History Museum.

Material

Glue
Ink
Paper (Fiber product)
Textile fabric
Velvet (Fabric weave)

Technique

Bookbinding (Process)
Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 12 in
Width: 7.5 in
Length: 0.75 in

Inscriptions

written on inside cover: First set of shades / dyed on velvets at / Cocheco M'f'g [Manufacturing] Co., Dover N.H. / by the velvet pioneer / Thomas Kelly, in the year 1904.
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