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| Title | A. W. Faber Price-list |
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| Publisher | A. W. Faber |
| Date | 1897 |
| Description | A 113-page catalog published in 1897 called “A. W. Faber’s Price-List of Superior Lead and Colored Pencils: Writing and Copying Inks, Slate Manufactures, Rulers, Pen-Holders, and Erasive Rubbers” by A.W. Faber based out of New York City, New York. The company is known today as Faber-Castell. Content includes a preface, testimonials, price lists, and an index of all utensils in the catalog. The products include polygrade and Siberian lead pencils, drawing pencils, low-priced lead pencils, colored pencils and chalks, pencils for artists, and school writing slates. |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | TS1268.A2 1897 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1831811~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Architecture Retail Catalog Collection |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/aapamphlets |
| Repository | Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library |
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| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | Hexagon Gilt Artists' Pencils price list |
| Description | Price listings for A. W. Faber's Hexagon Gilt Artists' Pencils and "Round Gilt" Pencils. |
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| Transcript | A. W. FABER'S MANUFACTORY ESTABLISHED 1761. Hexagon Gilt Artists' Pencils, With Movable Leads. Red Polished, Gold Stamp with Ivory Heads. Packed H dozen in a box. Per doze Artists'Hexagon Qilt, short, . . z% inches long, No. 454, fi.c " " " medium, 5 " " " 455, 1.1 " long . .6 1,2,3,4,5 and 6, 1.2 " " " propelandrepel, Nos. 1,2,3,4and5 ; 6 in.long, 2.4 In Drawing Sets. 5 Hexagon Qilt Artists' Pencils, in box, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, . . . . $9.0 A. W. FABER'S "Round Gilt" Pencils. These pencils rank directly after the "Hexagon Gilt" pencils in popularity. They are round, black polished, with gold stamp, and are made in five degrees of hardness, from No. 1 to 5. r,-0_ Packed 1 gross in a box. Per gross 5090. "Round Gilt," Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 $3-6o 5095. " " " 1,2,3.4 " 5. with rubber tips, 4 5091. "Round Gilt" Tablet Pencils, thick, medium and thin, with ivory heads, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 2 In Drawing Sets. Packed }£ dozen sets in a package. Per doz.! 5094. 4 "Round Gilt" Pencils, in paper box, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 $1.90 A. W. FABER'S MANUFACTORY ESTABLISHED 1761. |