Selling silks a merchant's sample book 1764
"In 1764, British Customs confiscated a book containing hundreds of silk samples of different qualities from French agents who were attempting to sell them illegally in London. The merchant's sample book acquired in 1972 by the V & A may be this very book, a fascinating record of the e...
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Main Author: | Miller, Lesley Ellis (Author) |
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Format: | Book |
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London :
V&A Publishing,
[2014]
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