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[Textiles]: [Lace]: [Sample Book]
PARAMOUNT NOVELTIES [Cover Title]
LACES AND EMBROIDERIES [Title Page]
Los Angeles, [ca. early 1940s]
4to. String-tied album, 9.25” x 14.25” approx. “Paramount Novelties/
718 South Broadway/ Los Angeles 14, California” gilt to front cover.
Title page in pen: “Lace and Embroideries/ Victor H. Levy Co./
718 S. Broadway/ Los Angeles, Calif./ Terms- Net- 30 Days/ Delivered
Store.” 27 leaves containing 100 lace samples glue-mounted recto
only with labels notating item number and price per yard. Minor edgewear
to boards. Some light wear to page edges. Samples generally in
fine condition. Apparently complete. Near fine.
Handmade salesman's sample book containing various cotton and nylon
decorative trims, including embroideries, broderie anglaise, and
lace from the Victor H. Levy Company of Los Angeles. Levy was a prominent
West Coast businessman and was involved in several different
importing concerns throughout the first half of the last century, including
one with Charlie Chaplin's brother. An attractive collection,
including many early examples of nylon fabric, which was introduced
at the 1939 World's Fair.
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