| The Exeter Cloth Dispatch Book, 1763-1765 Contributor(s): Gray, Todd (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0901853631 ISBN-13: 9780901853639 Publisher: Devon & Cornwall Record Society OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 16th Century - Antiques & Collectibles | Textiles & Costume - History | Europe - General |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.6" W x 9.5" (2.40 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book reproduces a newly discovered manuscript detailing the exports of Claude Passavant, a Swiss émigré merchant. Passavant's dispatch book comprises the most extensive surviving collection of Devon cloth with 2,475 surviving cloth samples. Thirteen chapters discuss the local and wider contexts of eighteenth-century cloth making. This study explores the quality, range, and vibrancy of cloth that lead to Exeter becoming an internationally renowned centre for the manufacture and trade of woollen cloth. |