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.
Catalogue presenting 198 different mounted fabric silk samples, Kyoto, Japan
This material is held atEdinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
- Reference
- GB 237 Coll-1762
- Dates of Creation
- 1908
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 0.05 folder
Scope and Content
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.