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The Holker Album: Textile Samples and Industrial Espionage in the 18th Century

By Ariane Fennetaux (Editor), John Styles (Editor)
Hardcover
$65.00
By Ariane Fennetaux (Editor), John Styles (Editor)
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In 1751, John Holker (1719-1786), an English textile manufacturer exiled in France, undertook an industrial espionage mission to England to collect samples of English textiles on behalf of the French king, Louis XV. On his return, the samples were assembled in a manuscript volume, which is now preserved at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris. Each sample in this album is accompanied by a handwritten technical description specifying the quality of the fabric, its price, its dimensions and...

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