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Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Features: One-page photo of plaster bust, c. 1845, of Mrs. Israel Rinehart by William Henry Rinehart; A Selection of Oriental Export Porcelain; Resist Printing Yesterday and Today; Franklin-Type Stoves; The Early Ironwork of Central Kentucky - And Its Role in the Architectural Development; The Making of Redwood Glass; James Eights and His Albany Views; Living With Antiques - The Savannah Home of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Bell; The Waldo Portraits - Of Our Seventh President Russell Walton Thorpe; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 313-384. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound reference copy of this informative issue. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

76 sample cards (5.25 x 10.25 in.) w/ 424 fabric & trim samples stapled & taped on thick card stock, including silk fringes, tassels, decorative borders, ribbons, braids, and more all in vibrant colours (many with ink and pencil annotations indicating stock numbers, quantity, and prices). All of these are housed in the original sample case, covered in green cloth, with lid (7 x 15.25 x 13 in.), brass handle on one end (some wear & rubbing, minor bumping & fraying to fore-edges), still a VG- exampler. First edition, thus, of this stunning salesman sample case for silk trimmings used in interior design by the famed Franco Scalamandre's designers. These samples include French Tufts, Rosettes, elaborate silk braids, borders, ribbons, tassels, and more, many of them in traditional styles and colours for use in recovering and restoring furnishings, draperies, and other period pieces. Scalamandre (d. 1988) established Scalamandre Silks in 1929 focused on supplying silk fabrics and trims to the growing movement of restoring historic houses and furnishings in the United States. His plant in Long Island City, NY wove historic fabrics to match those acquired by Hearst for San Simeon. He established the Scalamandre Museum of Textiles which thrived until the late 1960s offering beautiful exhibits of historical documents and traditional textiles. His company helped with the restoration of Monticello, and was perhaps best known for their reproductions and restorations of draperies, wallpapers, and upholstery for the Kennedy White House from 1961-1962, and has continued to supply historic fabrics to every administration since.