SCHÜTZENBERGER, PAUL:

Die Farbstoffe mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer Anwendung in der Färberei und Druckerei. Two volumes. Berlin, Robert Oppenheim, 1868-70.

. Pp. (vi), 544 + one folding engraved plate, twelve woodcuts and ten plates with forty mounted textile samples; pp. (ii), 624 + twenty-six woodcuts, ten plates with thirty-eight mounted textile samples and one additional plate with one sample (no. 41 belonging to volume one). Complete but both titles are misbound. Contemporary half calf on marbled paper covered boards, spines with four raised bands lettered and decorated in gilt, m.e. Old ownership signature and library stamps. A handsome copy.First German edition of "Traité des matieres colorantes" (Paris 1866). A comprehensive study of dyes with particular regard to their application in dyeing and printing, as well as with textile fibres and their treatment. The text is accompanied by 79 (usually 78) small, coloured fabric samples.Paul Schützenberger (1829-97), a famous French chemist, known mainly for his research work on textile dyeing and his proposed technological innovations. See Centenaire Paul Schutzenberger, Paris 1931, p. 74. Cf Poggendorff iii, 1217.

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Book number: 100689

Catalogue: Textile

Keywords: Textile, textile, textiles, dyeing, dye, dyes, printing, fabric samples, material, cloth, german, germany

SEISEN, YOSHII (Artist) [Kimono designs]:

Hana Tsuma. Matsuya Gofukuten Ishobu Kensyyo Moyo. Kyoto, Uns›d›, 1908.

. A large-format album (33.5 x 23.5cm) with one hundred beautiful kimono designs, sparsely decorated, woodblock-printed in vivid colours, protected by tissue-guards (slightly darkened). Printed Japanese captions. Contains 52 leaves including title and colophon. Four leaves with small marginal tear and two leaves with minor hole. The leaves are folded in the traditional Japanese fashion. Bound in the original decorated silk-covered wrappers, worn and stained, with some loss of silk. Title label on upper cover, small loss of one character.This impressive zuan-ch› (design) book was produced by Matsuya Clothing Store (predecessor of Matsuya Department Store). Consisting of various award-winning design entries in a competition organised by them. The patterns depicting flowers and plants are very refined and sophisticated. Fine impressions and colours. The first twelve designs are captioned as January - December, and the remaining numbered 13 to 100. Issued by the famous publishing house Uns›d› in Kyoto.

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Book number: 121365

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, komono, design, textile, fashion, illustrated, woodcut,

SEKKA, KAMISAKA:

Senshoku Zuan Kairo (One Hundred Patterns of Waves). Kyoto, Uns›d›, Meiji 36 (1903).

. Folio (36.3 x 24.6 cm). Complete with 36 leaves. Thirty-five multiple woodblock-printed designs. Japanese colophon at end. Original paper-covered boards, title label and red Asian stamp on upper cover, red Asian stamp. Binding worn with some paper loss. First published in 1902, this is a second edition. Scarce stunning kimono pattern book (zuan-ch› ) by Kamisaka Sekka, known as the father of Japanese modern design. Contains 97 abstract designs inspired by the subject of waves. Light oxidation to two patterns on first page, some minor discolouration to paper but overall a good copy. Sekka initially worked in the traditional Rinpa style founded in the 17th century (and later developed into Neo-Rinpa style) and after a visit to Europe in 1901, he was also clearly influenced by the Art Nouveau style. Many of his works display a fusion of traditional Japanese and contemporary Western design concepts. His exclusive design works were produced by the renowned publishing company Uns›d› in Kyoto. At this time, the Japanese textile industry boomed and a growing demand for new designs was aroused. The publishers collaborated with talented artists to produce this kind of design manual. They were used as manuals for craftsman but also appreciated as beautiful objects to be enjoyed for their own sake.Ref.: Kamisaka Sekka: Dawn of modern Japanese Design, 2012. Sekka initially worked in the traditional Rinpa style founded in the 17th century (and later developed into Neo-Rinpa style) and after a visit to Europe in 1901, he was also clearly influenced by the Art Nouveau style. 

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Book number: 121545

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asias, asie, asien, asiatic, design, textile, waves, woodcut, woodblock, illustrated,

SHIMOMURA, TAMAHIRO [GYOKUKÍ]:

. Genroku f ry Meijiburi (Genroku designs in Meiji styles). Two volumes. Kyôto, Honda Ichijiro & Honda Kinnosuke, Meiji 38 (1905).

. Folio (21.7 x 33.1 cm). Leporello folded. Complete in two volumes. Three pages of preliminaries, thirty-two double-page coloured woodcut plates and one colophon page. Three double-page calligraphy plates are missing from the first volume (?). Original decorated boards, title labels on upper covers, rubbed, rear covers stained. First edition. A wonderful large-scale work with stunning plates of short-sleeved kimonos artistically arranged in a spectacular way. Shimomura Tamahiro has created new patterns based on typical popular designs from the Genroku period (1688-1704) mixed with new ideas from the Meiji period. The first volume features kimonos hanging on ropes between trees (kosodemaku), a custom of the Genroku period. The second volume presents kimonos placed in indoor settings, mostly thrown over racks. The beautiful woodcuts are of very high quality and printed in bright, intense colours. Some are highlighted with metallic inks. Tamahiro Shimomura (1878-1926) was a talented graphic artist from Kyoto who founded the Kyoto Design Association. Some browning, sometimes a little spotting, a few plates with light creases but overall a very good copy.

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Book number: 121471

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, design, kimonos, patterns, textile, woodcut, illustration

HAYAMIZU MOTOAKI & KATÍ SUMIHIKO:

Katsubi (Design of textiles). Kyoto, Hayamizu Zuanjo, Taish› 6 (1917).

. Large 8vo. Size: 19 x 26 cm. Pp. (ii) + 40 double folded leaves with woodblock-printed colour illustrations depicting various motifs and designs to be used for textiles. As issued folded and stitched in the Japanese fashion in original pictorial wrappers. With Asian red stamps. Partly with one small stain at upper margin. The images feature animals, plants and landscapes, all monochromatic rendered in brown, green, red or grey colour. This kind of textile design book, zuan-ch›, was produced in collaboration between creative publishers and inventive artists, intended to be appreciated for their own sake, as much as for any practical reason. 

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Book number: 100641

Catalogue: Textile

Keywords: Textile, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, textiles, designs, travel, exploration, textile

CHIHARU TAKASHIMA :

Kyûko zufu, Shokumon no bu (Textile section) : . Tokyo, Yurindo, ca 1870-90.

. Folio (31.5 x 22.3 cm). Lvs (28), leporello-folded. With fifty-two beautiful woodblock-printed designs, fine impression. Printed Japanese captions. Original front paper cover (lightly stained), without rear cover. Printed title label on front cover. This volume is titled "textile section" which may mean that there are more parts published. But the British Library has only noted this part (1840). The original was published in 1840, this is a later reprint.A lovely pattern book for textiles with many striking designs printed in bright, rich colours.

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Book number: 121406

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, woodcut, woodblock-printed, illustrated,

THORNTON, J.P." SARSFIELD":

The Sectional System of Ladies' Garment Cutting, comprising Bodices, Jackets, Ulsters, Skirts, Habits, &c. London, The Thornton Institute, (1901).

. Large 4to. Pp. viii, 304. With front portrait and 111 plates with patterns and cutting instructions. Original blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering, rubbed and faded. Binding shaken. Minor staining to title, one marginal stain at inner margin of two pages (contents), two leaves with small marginal tear, otherwise internally very good.First edition of this classic work on cutting women's wear, published a few years after the successful publication of "Sectional system of Gentlemen's Garment Cutting". Interesting early guide to the principles of garment cutting presented in diagram form of the standard styles at the time. Seems very scarce.

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Book number: 121565

Catalogue: Textile

Keywords: Textile, textile, clothing, design, cutting, garment,

[GERMAN TEXTILE AND WALLPAPER DESIGNS] SCHNITZLER & VOGEL:

A collection of thirty large original gouache designs. Krefeld, Germany, Schnitzler & Vogel Atelier für Textilindustrie, 1960s - 1970s.

. Contains thirty striking gouache designs hand painted on paper. The pattern sizes vary between 50-65 cm x 40-50 cm. Six are mounted. Stamps by Schnitzer & Vogel and manufacturer's note in ink on the verso. Two have stamps of "Adolf Altmann Dessins, Krefled".This is an interesting collection with original designs from the heyday of modern textile design from a renowned German textile company. It shows excellent examples of vibrant, bold and innovative patterns, blending both graphic and organic elements. Among these are the iconic flower power designs that emerged in the 60s, as well as large-scale, often geometric patterns created in the 70s. 

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Book number: 121638

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, design, designs, patterns, textile, textiles, fashion, wallpaper, 1960, 1970, supergraphics,

WALLACE, ALEXANDER:

Report on the Culture of the Japanese Silkworm, Bombyx Yama-Mai, in 1867-68, in England. Colchester, Benham and Harrison, 1869.

. Pp. 64. Original printed wrappers. First edition. An account of the cultivation of the Japanese oak-feeding silk moth "Bombyx Yama-Mai" (Antheraea yamamai) in England. A moth that has been cultivated in Japan for more than 1000 years. The first eggs of this species came to Europe in 1861 when they were introduced to France by Édouard Guérin-Méneville.

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Book number: 100659

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, silk, siden, soie, japan, japon, japanese, england, english, silk production, silk worms, bombay yama mai, textiles, textile

YAMAGA, SEIKA (Ed.):

Mukashi watari sarasa (Ancient imported calicos or chintz). Three volumes. Kyoto, Uns›d›, Taisho 6 (1917).

. Folio. Lvs. (26); (23); (25), interleaved. Japanese title and and colophon (four leaves), and seventy leaves with numerous woodblock printed designs of sarasa. Bound in the Japanese style. Original decorated paper covers, silk threads, paper title slips on upper covers (one loose). Indian sarasa (calico) was initially imported to Japan by the Portuguese seafaring traders in the early 17th century. The exotic colourful designs featuring floral and figurative motifs became enormously popular among the wealthy samurai and merchant classes. Production of domestic sarasa began in the late 1600s when skilled Japanese dye workers found a method to replicate the designs of Indian calicos. Seika Yamaga (1885-1981) was a weaving master active in Kyoto. An impressive and attractive work presenting a huge selection of striking abstract geometric and animal design. Published by the renowned printing company Uns›d› in Kyoto.

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Book number: 100704

Catalogue: Textile

Keywords: Textile, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, textile, textiles, illustrated, design, sarasa, chintz, calico,

YAMAMOTO, SEKKEI:

Shin Gosho moy› (Imperial Decoration). Five volumes. Kyoto, Uns›d›, Showa 8-9 (1933-4).

. Folio (27 x 41 cm). A complete set of Sekkei's impressive work of Imperial designs. Contains 125 woodblock illustrations (12 x 29.5 cm), opposite pages with fine outline illustrations and Japanese captions. Accordion folded. Original silk decorated boards, in different colours, with printed title label, some minor stain (more to the second volume). Housed in the original paper folders with title labels, publisher's stamps and labels, cotton ties, worn.An impressive work with colourful designs depicting flowers, plants, artefacts, birds, butterflies, etc. Protected by tissue guards (a few missing). Some browning to the paper, mainly offsetting from the guards, gold and silver sprinkles have oxidised. Seems rare, no complete copies at OCLC.Yamamoto Sekkei, renowned artist in Kyoto who practised the traditional art dyeing technique Yûzen and taught Kawarazaki Kodo and others. Yûzen, which originated in the 17th century, is a process using stencils to transfer a design on to fabric, colours added layer by layer inside outlines.

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Book number: 121224

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, design, textile, pattern, woodcut, illustration