Subtle But Beautiful Antique German Hanfleinen (Hemp Linen) Sample Book in carved shoe which I have found a

which I have found a couple of copies of listed elsewhere in the $200-$400 range)

Price is PER PIECE

but he is in the set

so believe the portrait dates to right around 1850

Subtle But Beautiful Antique German Hanfleinen (Hemp Linen) Sample Book in carved shoe which I have found aThe beauty of this is subtle, but to my sensibilities it is a very lovely thing a booklet of antique German white hemp linen samples, varying one to the next just very slightly by thread count (tightness of the weave.) All are very fine, with a bit of a sheen to the linen, and each with a paper label with handwritten number near the bottom of each. The combination of black cover with handwritten label and straw tie together with page after page of