HALBWOOL TAPELINE; VELOUTINE 3520; ART 3107. Three volumes

(TRADE CATALOGUE-TEXTILES)  (WOLFRUM, C.).   HALBWOOL TAPELINE; VELOUTINE 3520; ART 3107. Three volumes                

Aussig (Usti Nad Labem), Czechslovakia: C. Wolfrum, (circa 1930). Tall 8vo. Multi-fold buckrum wrappers in accordion style. 12; 11; and 7 leaves each. First editions.

Rare set of textile sample books not recorded on OCLC.  Original sample catalogues issued in-house by the C. Wolfrum textile firm in Czechslovakia between the World Wars.  The firm was famed for its woolen and silk textiles for women's fashions, and their catalogues were very desired.  These textile samples for silk, velveteen and wool/linen fabrics provide an invaluable color palette and reference for the costume designer, art historian, textile and fashion collector, and designer for the art deco period.  The three pattern books contain 100 samples for Halbwool Tapeline (half-wool linens); 34 for Veloutine 3520 (Velveteen); and 72 for Art 3107 (silk).  Original green thick buckrum portfolios, with hand-written labels on front covers of each (very slightly shelf worn), an exceptional set.

 

$785.00