Historical information

Fabric sample book produced by Ernest Waddington with specifications circa 1930.
Such a book would work as a catalogue of a designer’s previous Mastercards. Mastercards are specification sheets that are sent to mills in order to produce commercial amounts of fabrics for tailoring into final products, such as suits. Keeping a catalogue of previous designs is useful for designers to take inspiration from in future designs and for re-releases of iconic designs. This sample book is also notable because of its period of creation. It was created in the Great Depression. Despite societies psyche at this time, there is a surprising amount of colour and what may be viewed as daring designs.

Physical description

Fabric sample book produced by E Waddington with specifications.

Inscriptions & markings

E. Waddington