"Azyade" by Boussac; furnishing fabric sample length; 1968. Selvage inscription: "DESSIN EXCLUSIVE DE ROMANEX / Comptoir De L'Industrie Textile De France Grand Teint - MCMLXVII - /"Azyade" Dessin de Laureut Steve / Impression d'art." Large scale screenprinted floral pattern; meandering stems; elaborate large and small patterned, multicolored flowers; exotic flowers & leaves; 10 screens of different colors; mauve, green, blue, black, white, gold & grey.
Length of double weave metallic matelasse; orange, gold and silver lurex, and white abstract-patterned double cloth. Probably French, late 1960s- early 1970s. Psychedlic style. 49” L x 35.5” W. One of 27 textile lengths dating from the 1940s into the 1980s, part of a collection owned by Seymour Rappoport, who owned two fabric stores himself, and whose father owned a silk-dyeing firm in Paterson, NJ. in the early 20th century. This collection illustrates the broad range of textiles, from around the world, that were available to and sought by home sewers and small businesses (such as dressmakers, tailors, and theatrical costume shops) that were avid patrons of fabric stores into the 1980s.
Alençon needle lace fragment. According to donor, the lace was found among manuscript material, mounted on paper bearing the caption "lace belong to the Duchess of Gloucester, daughter-in-law of George III". Floral motifs.
Black Chantilly style machine made shawl. French? Bought by Evaline Williams Phillips, when living at 11th and Spruce st, Philadelphia, PA. Medium quality.
