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New Publication: The Holker Album: Textile Samples and Industrial Espionage in the 18th Century
The Holker Album, edited by Ariane Fennetaux and John Styles and published by Éditions des Arts Décoratifs, is a facsimile edition of an album of British textile swatches assembled in 1751-2 by the exiled Manchester calenderer and Jacobite, John Holker, … Continue reading
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