Circa 1830–1850 Liverpool Textile Export Invoice — Merinos, Bombazettes and Colored Fabrics
Large manuscript commercial invoice recording an extensive shipment of textiles from Liverpool, England, dating from the early to mid-nineteenth century.
Written in a handsome period mercantile hand, the invoice lists numerous numbered packages or bales containing fine bombazettes, merino fabrics and other textiles in such fashionable colors as brown, blue, claret, Adelaide, rich ruby and royal blue. Quantities, packing charges and prices are carefully entered and calculated in pounds, shillings and pence.
The partially preserved heading reads “Invoice of Merchandise Shipped from Liverpool,” followed by the names of several merchants or consignees, including what appears to be “S. Rees.” The remaining names are partly obscured by losses and folds.
A visually engaging primary document illustrating Liverpool’s central role in the nineteenth-century international textile trade and the extraordinary variety of fabrics and colors then available to overseas merchants.
The invoice survives in fragile condition, with extensive fold separations, tears, detached sections, marginal losses and general age toning. Much of the original text nevertheless remains clear and legible. Suitable for archival conservation, study or display.
Large manuscript commercial invoice recording an extensive shipment of textiles from Liverpool, England, dating from the early to mid-nineteenth century.
Written in a handsome period mercantile hand, the invoice lists numerous numbered packages or bales containing fine bombazettes, merino fabrics and other textiles in such fashionable colors as brown, blue, claret, Adelaide, rich ruby and royal blue. Quantities, packing charges and prices are carefully entered and calculated in pounds, shillings and pence.
The partially preserved heading reads “Invoice of Merchandise Shipped from Liverpool,” followed by the names of several merchants or consignees, including what appears to be “S. Rees.” The remaining names are partly obscured by losses and folds.
A visually engaging primary document illustrating Liverpool’s central role in the nineteenth-century international textile trade and the extraordinary variety of fabrics and colors then available to overseas merchants.
The invoice survives in fragile condition, with extensive fold separations, tears, detached sections, marginal losses and general age toning. Much of the original text nevertheless remains clear and legible. Suitable for archival conservation, study or display.
