pattern cardn.
/ˈpatn kɑːd/, U.S. /ˈpædərn ˌkɑrd/ 1. A sample of cloth, wallpaper, colour, etc., fixed to a card; (also) a book of such cards, a pattern book. Also in extended use.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > pattern book or card
pattern card1760
pattern book1772
sample card-
1760 B. Franklin Let. in Writings (1987) 780 I took a number of little square pieces of broad cloth from a taylor's pattern card, of various colours [etc.].
1773 J. Wedgwood Let. 21 Nov. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 155 Voyer's Seals are sad trash, but Boden & Smiths were mounting half a Groce of them..to be sent..as Pattern Cards.
1821 P. Egan Life in London ii. i. 136 Mr. Primefit, of Regent-street, was..ordered to attend upon Mr. Hawthorn, with his pattern-card, to take orders.
1847 M. M. Sherwood in Life (1854) vi. 95 Pictet Pere was the very pattern-card of an old French courtier.
1867 E. T. Freedley Philadelphia & Manuf. 545 (advt.) Checks, notes, drafts, cards, tickets, pattern cards..expeditiously and handsomely printed.
1931 Econ. Hist. Rev. 3 64 He sent out pattern cards and price lists, or endeavoured to supply pieces according to patterns or details concerning weight, size and price.
1970 G. Heyer Charity Girl i. 17 I shall attend Hetta's wedding... I daresay Hetta will be better off with her pattern-card.
2000 Paint & Coatings Industry (Nexis) 1 July 152 A color pattern card from this company is available for its standard product range of..pigment preparations for emulsion paint.
2. Weaving. Each of the perforated cards which encode the pattern in a jacquard loom or a knitting machine. Frequently attributive.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > typical or representative case > part as representative of the whole > sample or specimen > a collection of samples
pin paper1673
pattern book1772
pattern card1822
specimen-book1871
sample book1938
swatch-book1956
1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall (1823) I. 98 [Commercial travellers] changing the lance for a driving-whip, the buckler for a pattern card.
1851 in Illustr. London News (1854) 5 Aug. 119/2 Occupations of People..Pattern-card maker.
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 83 Card, Pattern-card..Perforator, Beveller.
1960 Classif. of Occup. (General Register Office) 83 Perforator;..pattern card.
1992 Sew News Dec. 74/1 With literally thousands and thousands of pre-punched pattern cards available today..the KK 98's 24-stitch pattern reader opens up a world of design opportunities.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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