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Book, Wiener Farbenkabinet (Viennese Color Cabinet)
This is a Book. It was published by Johann Ferdinand Ritter von Schönfeld.
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives as part of Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.
One of only four known copies in the United States, this early manual on the preparation of colors contains 2,592 hand-colored natural dye specimens. Organized according to color starting with black, it includes color recipes along with details on how to apply dyes to silk, cotton, wool, leather, wood, bone, paper, and many other materials.
It is credited Gift of Virginia Hamill Johnson, Smithsonian Libraries, QC495 .W64.
![Double paged book plate showing a color chart on the right hand page which is split into rectangles, three wide and nine long. The colors start white at the top darken through pink, red and burgundy to black. The second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth row have letters on the left f, d, b, i, k and m. The colors are also labelled underneath each rectangle on the second to eighth rows: [Hermosa Pink, La France Pink, Shrimp Pink, Eosine Pink, Geranium Pink, Strawberry Pink, Begonia Rose, Rose Doree, Peach Red, Spectrum Red, Scarlet Red, Scarlet, Carmine, Nopal Red, Brazil Red, Ox-blood Red, Garnet Brown, Morocco Red, Victoria Lake, Maroon, Claret Brown]. While the three columns are labeled Red, OR and OOR. In the top right corner black text states that this is [Plate 1]. The left hand page apears to be translucent so that text from the previous page is visible through it.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/337936_74ccc312d22761b6_n.jpg "Book, Color Standards and Color Nomenclature")
- Book, Color Standards and Color Nomenclature
- letterpress with collage on paper.
- Smithsonian Libraries, QC495 .R54.
- 92.2016.24
- Book, A Nomenclature of Colours
- engraving with collage on paper.
- Gift of the Color Association of the United States, Smithsonian Libraries,....
- 92.2016.50
- Sample Book, Standard Color Card of America, 9th Edition
- label: board covers, printed cardboard pages, silk samples.
- Gift of The Color Association of the United States, Inc..
- 1960-82-1
Its dimensions are
Open: 24.8 × 43.2 cm (9 3/4 × 17 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.
