Glorious Antique French Ribbon Swatch Sample Card american primitive like a perfectly bent elbow

like a perfectly bent elbow

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4 3/8" long x 1 1/4" w x 1 7/8" tall

a crease line down the center (I believe incurred before being pasted down)

The notebook is dated either 1853 or 1859 and interweaves quotations about friendship and future remembering (I particularly like the phrase "love and fear" surrounded by flourishes)

Glorious Antique French Ribbon Swatch Sample Card american primitive like a perfectly bent elbowThis one makes me want to spend all my time searching for antique French ribbon samplers I do believe it is about the most perfectly beautiful thing I've seen or can imagine, a dream in color. Photos give a good sense, silk ribbon, glorious color, handwritten numbers next to each sample, and stamped Clavel and Cie. at upper right. Earlyish 20th c. I believe. 13 15 16" x 10 1 4" open (and why would yopu ever want to close it?!) Very good condition,