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Swiss Textile Trade Catalogue of English Net Curtains with Mounted Fabric Samples (1914)
Englische Tüll-Gardinen [English Net Curtains] [Switzerland: n.p., 1914.] 4to (30.5 × 16.5 cm). Original publisher’s printed wrappers, 26 pp. Illustrated throughout with monochrome plates and three pages of mounted textile samples. Trade catalogue presenting “newest and finest” English net curtain designs for 1914, with detailed photographic illustrations of lace patterns (stores, vitrage, and café curtains) alongside mounted fabric swatches, including textured “Kongressstoffe” and colored decorative weaves. Text in German, with pricing, widths, and product numbers. A visually rich example of early 20th-century textile merchandising, combining printed design plates with tactile samples; decorative Art Nouveau typographic borders and layout. VG condition. Inv. Ho6