Customer Reviews

Calico Man The Manny Kopp Fabric Collection

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Fantastically helpful book in dating fabrics! It features many designs and colors from the very early 1900s that are seldom shown elsewhere. Calico Man is a title I reach for again and again and has proven to be a valuable research aid.

After reading the previous reviews, I was hesitant about ordering this book. I'm pleased that I overcame my hesitation, as I have found this book to be a wonderful aid in helping me to identify and date fabrics in my collection. The book is exactly what it claims to be----a collection of fabrics. Page after page of fabric swatches shown in full color. Most salesmen's samples from the late Victorian through the Edwardian eras. Definitely eye-candy for the textile enthusiast!

I have been in the textile industry going on 30 years now, and I bought this book in hopes of, perhaps, learning about the creation of certain fabrics and their application within several industries. After reading through a mini-biography of the owner of the fabrics (who evidently was "somebody" in the industry but who I never heard of), I saw photos of different types of fabric with no analysis or application information attached. I have to agree with the earlier reviewer who states that it appears that this is nothing more than a collection of fabrics that perhaps were gathered up and photographed to create a publishable book. It's certainly not large enough to be considered a pretty "table" book, and it doesn't contain much in the way of technical information. Given the opportunity to go back in time, I would pass on this one in favor of the more popular and well-known publishers on textiles.

I ordered this book from Amazon thinking it would give me some history and insight into the creation and development of the fabrics. It's nothing more than photographs of some material he probably had laying around for fifty years.