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Vintage Dancer | 1900s Fashion | 1900 – 1910s Edwardian Men’s Fabric Swatches from Sample Books

1900 – 1910s Edwardian Men’s Fabric Swatches from Sample Books

Edwardian Fashion 1900-1910s

8 Jan 2021

Traveling men’s clothing salesmen carried book of fabric swatches and illustrations of the latest designs from small town to small town. When Sears and other mail order companies began to sell ready made suits to the small town man they produced Sample Books to mail to any customer who wanted to order from them. While real sample books are rare and incredibly expensive I found some ads and pages from sample books that give us a good start to seeing exactly what colors and weaves were made into 1900s and 1910s Edwardian era clothing. These are mostly all for men’s wool suits, trousers and outerwear.

 

1902 Sample book ad mens fabrics Sears
1902 Sample book ad for suiting and overcoats
1902 Sample book ad mens suiting fabrics
1902 sample book ad

1903 men’s suiting
1906 men’s trouser fabrics

1906 men’s trouser fabrics
1911 men’s suiting

1911 men's suiting
1911 men’s fabrics for pants (top 2 rows) and overcoats
1912 men's suiting fabric swatches sample book Sears
1912 men’s suiting

1912 Sears mens fabric swatches sample book Sears
1912 menswear fabric swatches sample book Sears
1912 men’s suiting

1912 menswear fabric swatches sample book Sears
1912 men’s suiting
1912 men's suiting fabric swatches sample book Sears
1912 men’s suiting

1913 Sears mens Sample Book ad fabric swatches sample book Sears
1913 Sears Men’s Suiting for fall Sample Book ad
1914 Sears Men's Sample Book Clothing catalog ad fabric swatches
1914 Sears Fall Winter Men’s Clothing catalog ad

1914 Sears Sample book ad fabric swatches sample book Sears
1914 Sears Spring Sample book ad
1918 Banner Tailoring suiting menswear fabric swatches
1918 Banner Tailoring suiting

1918 Banner tailoring suiting
1918 Banner tailoring suiting

1919 Men's Suiting fabric swatches sample book Sears
1919 Men’s Suiting
1919 Men's Suiting fabric swatches sample book Sears
1919 Men’s Suiting

1919 mens fabric swatches sample book Sears
1919 Men’s Summer Suiting
1919 mens fabric swatches sample book Sears
1919 Men’s Summer Suiting

1919 Semi-Conservative Men's Suiting fabric swatches sample book Sears
1919 Semi-Conservative Men’s Suiting
199 Young men's suiting fabric swatches sample book Searsfabric swatches
1919 Young men’s Suiting

1900 men's stripe shirt patterns
1900 men’s stripe shirt patterns
1915 men's underwear fabrics
1915 men’s underwear fabrics

1916 suits swacthes

1916 men's silk wool mixture suiting
1916 silk wool mixture suiting
1916 men's black serge suiting fabric
1916 black serge
1916 wool ribbed with orange thread
1916 black wool ribbed with orange thread

1916 men's homespun scotch wool overcoat fabric
1916 homespun scotch wool overcoat fabric
1916 men's grey check wool overcoat fabric
1916 grey check wool overcoat fabric
1916 men's back coating- black on front, colors on back
1916 back coating- black on front, colors on back

1916 men's black pin check worsted fabric
1916 black pin check worsted
1916 men's dark grey wool suiting ribbed with maroon
1916 dark grey wool suiting ribbed with maroon

More Edwardian Men’s resources:

  • 1910s Edwardian men’s fashion – suits and business attire
  • 1910s Edwardian Men fashion – casual clothing
  • 1910s Edwardian men’s clothing – workwear

Move onto 1920s men’s fashion fabrics

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