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
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Product manufactured by Cocheco Manufacturing Company, Dover, New Hampshire.
Collection Title
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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