Sample Book for Cocheco Manufacturing Company, January 9, 1880 to April 22, 1880

Summary

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 book

Date Made

January 1880-April 1880

Subject Date

January 1880-April 1880

Creators

Cocheco Manufacturing Company 

Place of Creation

United States, Massachusetts, Lawrence 

Creator Notes

Produced by Cocheco Manufacturing Company, Lawrence, Massachusetts.

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2017.84.0.1.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of American Textile History Museum.

Material

Glue
Ink
Paper (Fiber product)
Textile fabric

Technique

Bookbinding (Process)
Handwriting
Mounting
Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 10.5 in  (folded)

Width: 8.25 in  (folded)

Length: 1.125 in

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