Catalogue presenting 198 different mounted fabric silk samples, Kyoto, Japan

Scope and Content

Album/Catalogue with board covers in purple soft fabric with Japanese script which may once have been gilded. The album contains 198 mounted and different silk samples in various colours or shades.

Administrative / Biographical History

The catalogue used to belong to a silk manufacturer or kimono maker based in Kyoto, which in the 1900s was the centre of the Japanese textile trade.

Access Information

Access should be unrestricted but please check in advance of any consultation.

Archivist's Note

Catalogued by Graeme D. Eddie, 29 July 2016.

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