Wow! Antique Imported French Lace Store Sample. Otto Bros Marietta, Ohio c. 1900
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Here we have a beautiful, rare, and incredibly well sales sample of handmade imported french lace patterns, fromAround the turn of the 20th century. This book is full of 135 different and unique patterns. They are so beautiful and delicate; I cant believe they have been this well preserved for over 100 years. The otto brothers importers which later became otto bros department store; was the iconic retailer in Marietta, Ohio for the better part of a century and was described as the "jewel of downtown Marietta" until it's closing in the late 1960's. Here is some more info Regarding the importance of this store to the Ohio river town of Marietta, Ohio. /page/content.detail/id/500656.htmlCondition: Very Good Condition. Something like this is so rare it makes it difficult to compare it's condition to similar items. I have some experience grading book condition, and since it is a book of lace samples I will grade it like a book's condition. I say very good because although the vast majority of all of the lace is in great preserved condition; the book itself has some dings to the edges and there has been a whole rubbed though the back jacket leaving the back board exposed. All of the pages are in good condition. There is some discoloring to the some of the lace pieces and or the cards to which they are mounted to. 2 or 3 samples have become
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