Vintage Printed Documents

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From various vintage manufacturer’s scrapbooks in our collection, here is a selection of vintage printed textile fabrics bearing abstract designs ready for conversion, inspiration, reference, mood boards or trending.

The vintage textiles document swatches we offer for sale are usually unique examples. Where possible we will always offer all colourways of each design in our possession as a collection. If, having already sold a vintage swatch, we did discover a second, or if another example came into our possession, we will never offer it for sale during the same year.

$75.00 Free Postage Worldwide

Printed in white line on a black moiré silk ground a lovely, simple abstract design from the first quarter of the twentieth century.

A vintage swatch from a manufacturer’s scrapbook covering the first half of the 20th century.

3.75inches(9.5cm) x 4.75inches(12cm)

$55.00 Free Postage Worldwide

A very nice little vintage abstract printed swatch document featuring a white line, circle and rectangle motif on black silk.

2inches(5cm) x 3.6inches(9.5cm)

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A very distinctive vintage silk abstract printed textile document swatch.

The motif of a yellow printed semi-circle intersected by blocks of black and the tiny yellow speckles are reminiscent of a night sky.

1.75inches(4.5cm) x 3.3inches(8.5cm)

$85.00 Free Postage Worldwide

Reminicent of folded fabric this vintage textile document swatch features abstract arched bands printed in black on cream silk.

From a scrapbook dating from the first half of the twentieth century.

1.5inches(4cm) x 3inches(7.5cm)

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A large idiosyncratic vintage textile document swatch bearing a striking abstract motif in black on white moiré silk printed all over in red sgraffito.

From a scrapbook covering the nineteen thirties to the nineteen sixties I think this document is earlier than it looks and may date from the nineteen thirties.

6.25inches(16cm) x 6inches(15cm)

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A striking vintage abstract print featuring jagged elongated blocks of navy blue printed on pale gold silk.

Probably nineteen thirties from a scrapbook including textile document swatches from the nineteen twenties to the nineteen sixties.

3inches(7.5cm) x 4inches(10cm)

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A vintage textile printed with a great abstract design on yellow moiré silk featuring blocks of black and grey and some blocks of white resist.

Probably nineteen thirties from a scrapbook including textile document swatches from the nineteen twenties to the nineteen sixties.

3.25inches(8.3cm) x 4inches(10.2cm)

$45.00 Free Postage Worldwide

A very simple, but effective, vintage textile document printed with a line, circle and triangle design in pink and black on cream silk.

Probably nineteen twenties or nineteen thirties from a scrapbook including textile document swatches from the nineteen twenties to the nineteen sixties.

2.1inches(3cm) x 3.5inches(8.7cm)

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A very nice vintage textile document swatch featuring an abstract representation of fish swimming through water in black, red and white resist on pale pink silk.

Probably nineteen twenties or thirties from a scrapbook including textile document swatches from the nineteen twenties to the nineteen sixties.

2.5inches(6.5cm) x 3.4inches(8.5cm)

$75.00 Free Postage Worldwide

A vintage textile document swatch printed with a striking abstract design in blue and red over a cream spiders web pale yellow moiré silk.

Probably nineteen thirties.

2.4inches(6cm) x 3.9inches(10cm)

Don’t forget to visit our pages offering: Vintage Printed Florals or our Vintage Secessionist woven textiles and our Vintage Printed Textiles.

Please remember that we have a large library of vintage fabric and vintage textile samples, vintage and retro wallpapers and vintage photographs. It is always possible that we have the vintage sample you want, so please don’t hesitate to email us with your requirements.

We are always keen to acquire vintage inventory too. If you have a swatch book or a collection of vintage fabric samples you would like to sell, please email the details to us.

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