Printed page, from The Repository of Arts

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This page containing four fabric samples is from The Repository of Arts, a monthly magazine published in London by Rudolph Ackermann. This page appeared in the issue dated November, 1809.

The four numbered fabric samples appear within an allegorical setting, created from a woodcut. On the page facing this one, there would have been descriptions of the materials, together with names and addresses of the manufacturers.

The magazine's full title was 'The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics' and was in publication from 1808 until 1829.

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• Online ID: 000-100-087-146-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 17
• Date: 1809
  November 1809
  
• Material: Plate, fashion
  
• Dimensions: 9.10" x 5.50"
  
• What: Plate, fashion
  
• Subject: Fashion plates (NMAS Classification)
  
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• Description: Two fashion plates, one showing four samples of new fabrics, from Ackermann's Repository of Arts, Volume 2, November 1809
  
• References:
  • Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, pp 56-7. 
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