Among the lessees is Allied Sample Card, a Queens-based company that makes swatch books for garment and furniture manufacturers.

Manufacturers produce swatch books, which contain a small piece of each color available, adjacent to its color code, to simplify ordering.

It is common for a gel manufacturer to publish the transmission coefficient or even the spectral transmittance curve in the swatch book and catalogs.

Mr. Yan pulled out a swatch book and flipped to a tan fabric sample labeled "100 percent worsted wool, Made in Italy."

Behind the glass front of the shop are three walls of sample shoes and thick swatch books of skins.

Generally the lighting designer chooses a pattern from a catalogue or small swatch book provided by the manufacturer.

I choose fabrics from stacks of swatch books.

During an interview at Financo's office in New York last week, she picked up a swatch book of her own fabrics.

Although his swatch books include loud navy and red gingham shirtings, most customers choose pale solids and traditional stripes.

Beyond the core collection of Donegals, there are swatch books of other tweeds and worsteds, ranging from an 8-ounce mohair to a 32-ounce cavalry twill.