In 1764, British Customs confiscated a Book containing hundreds of silk samples of different qualities from French agents who were attempting to sell them illegally in London.
The merchant\'s Sample Book acquired in 1972 by the V&A may be this very book, a fascinating record of the eighteenth-century French and English silk industries..
In 1764, British Customs confiscated a Book containing hundreds of silk samples of different qualities from French agents who were attempting to sell them illegally in London