Author: [JAPANESE TEXTILE SILK SAMPLES].
Title: Some Orimono Hyohon. (Dyed fabric samples). Types no. 6. Nihon Senshohoku Hyohonsha (Japan Fabric Dyeing Sample Co.). Kyoto, 1927 - 35.
Description: . Oblong folio (47.5 x 24.9 cm). Pp. (77). A large-format ledger with 97 samples of Japanese silk for kimonos mounted on thick paper. With printed descriptive Japanese text. Original string binding with blue cloth covers, upper cover with white text. The swatches are dated between 1927 and 1935 so it seems that samples were added year by year as the string binding can be untied and retied.A collection of beautiful coloured silk samples which used to belong to a Japanese manufacturer of high-quality silk. Comprises sixty-three swatches measuring 16.5 x 18.5 cm, twenty-three larger (27.4 x 17.2 cm), five even larger (34 x 24.5 cm) and further six small at the end. Thirteen empty leaves. An impressive well-preserved album with a beautiful collection of stylish textile samples.

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, textile, fabrics, sample, design, kimono, asia, asie, asien, asiatic,


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