1.0ACC Art Books UKhttps://www.accartbooks.com/ukACC Art Books UKhttps://www.accartbooks.com/ukrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qOCRbEOM0K"><a href="https://www.accartbooks.com/uk/book/the-holker-album/">The Holker Album</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.accartbooks.com/uk/book/the-holker-album/embed/#?secret=qOCRbEOM0K" width="600" height="338" title="“The Holker Album” — ACC Art Books UK" data-secret="qOCRbEOM0K" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.accartbooks.com/uk/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.accartbooks.com/app/uploads/books/9782916914879-04-1.jpg6801000Title: The Holker Album, Pages: 272 Pages, Publish Date: 15th Jun 2023, Author: Edited by Ariane Fennetaux, Edited by John Styles, ISBN: . The Holker album is a volume containing textile samples collected during a secret mission to Britain in 1751 by John Holker. This manuscript is reproduced for the first time in facsimile. Text in English and French.ESSAYS John Holker and the making of the Livre d’échantillons. By Ariane Fennetaux & John Styles The Holker album and Lancashire cotton textiles. By John Styles John Holker, an entrepreneur at Rouen. By Serge Chassagne John Holker as inspector of manufactures. By Philippe Minard The chemistry of colours circa 1750. By Liliane Hilaire-Pérez John Holker, technical innovation and the hot cylinder press. By Philip A. Sykas The Holker album in a global context. By Giorgio Riello Chintz, cambric, and a counterfeit silk handkerchief: printed textiles in the Holker album. By John Styles Deep blue, fiery red, and apricot yellow: colour, imperial markets and the global textile trade. By Beverly Lemire And cotton became fashionable. By Denis Bruna The English origin of jeans. By Pascale Gorguet Ballesteros FACSIMILE OF THE HOLKER ALBUM APPENDICES Translation of the transcription Technical analysis Glossary Bibliography Index List of illustrations