Sample Card for Textile Fabric Style No. 7580, "Tassel," Cocheco Mfg. Co., June 2, 1881
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During the 19th century, New England textile mills manufactured billions of yards of fabric for the mass market, producing roller-printed cottons using increasingly complex mechanized processes. Colorful cotton prints, like those made by Cocheco Manufacturing Company, became affordable to almost everyone.
During the 19th century, New England textile mills manufactured billions of yards of fabric for the mass market, producing roller-printed cottons using increasingly complex mechanized processes. Colorful cotton prints, like those made by Cocheco Manufacturing Company, became affordable to almost everyone.
Artifact
Sample card
Date Made
02 June 1881
Subject Date
02 June 1881
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Massachusetts, Lawrence
Creator Notes
Manufactured by Cocheco Manufacturing Company, Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Keywords
Collection Title
Cocheco Manufacturing Company Textile Print Sample Book Collection
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2017.84.0.1.161
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of American Textile History Museum.
Material
Glue
Ink
Paper (Fiber product)
Textile fabric
Technique
Mounting
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
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