This collection contains fabric swatches, hand painted fabric designs, and a few fashion drawings that were designed or collected by Arabella Chandler McClintock Bellamy, who resided in Dorchester, Massachusetts in the early twentieth century. The fabric samples and designs most likely date from 1905 to 1913. The collection includes samples of printed fabrics, hand painted and hand-drawn designs for fabrics, and costume designs. Cocheco Manufacturing, a company that printed textiles in Dover, New Hampshire, produced many of the fabrics. Some of the fabric samples lists the fabric's material type, and most have a four digit identifier. The fabric samples and designs include a wide variety of color and patterns. The fabric samples and designs are intricate and beautifully done, reflecting the styles of the time period.
![Circular for [Kinmonth & Co.], importers & dealers in silks, merinos, velvets, ribbons, 275 Washington through to 8 & 10 Winter Streets, Boston, Mass.](https://bpldcassets.blob.core.windows.net/derivatives/metadata/commonwealth-oai:ft84b2068/image_thumbnail_300.jpg)
