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, 12 woodcuts and 10 plates with 40 mounted textile samples; pp. (ii), 624 + 26 woodcuts, 10 plates with 38 mounted textile samples and one additional plate with one sample (no. 41 belonging to volume one). Complete but both titles misbound (at pp. 448-9 in volume one and pp. 496-7 in volume two). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper covered boards, spines with four raised bands lettered and decorated in gilt. Marbled edges. Old ownership signature and library stamps on front end papers. A handsome copy.First German edition of "Traité des matieres colorantes" (Paris 1866). It's a comprehensive study of dyes with particular regard to their application in dyeing and printing, as well as with textile fibers and their treatment. The text is accompanied with 79 (usually 78) small coloured fabric samples.Paul Schützenberger (1829-97), a renowned French chemist, primarly known for his research work on textile dyeing and his proposed technological innovations. Besides studies of the natural dyes he was also interested in new synthetic dye molecules for industrial use. "This remarkable work, ... was the most complete collection of information then available on dyes and their application to textiles." 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

[KIMONO DESIGNS] SEISEN, YOSHII (Artist):

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, Unsôdô, Meiji 38 (1905).

. Folio (36.7 x 24.8 cm). Pp. (35) with multiple woodblock-printed designs, with protective tissue guards. Japanese colophon at end. Original paper-covered boards, printed title in silver on upper cover. Binding rubbed with loss of paper around edges.Second edition (first 1902) of this scarce kimono pattern book (zuan-ch› ) by Kamisaka Sekka, known as the father of Japanese modern design. Contains 96 sophisticated abstract designs inspired by the subject of waves. Occasionally a few small stains but overall a crisp and clean 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. Ref.: Kamisaka Sekka: Dawn of modern Japanese Design, 2012.

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Book number: 121223

Catalogue: East Asia

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

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

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. A report about some experiments to rear the Japanese oak-feeeding silk-moth "Bombyx Yama-Mai" in Europe. The silk of the Yama-Mai is a little less fine and strong than that of the mulberry silkworm "Bombyx mori".

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Book number: 100659

Keywords: , 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

TOZU YOSHIJIRÍ (SHIBANOTO SHITAKAGE):

[KIMONO DESIGNS] Ky›zome nishiki: tsuru-jirushu (Kyoto-style dye silk: crane symbols). Kyoto, printed by Okada Shinjir›, Meiji 30 (1897).

. A small-format zuan-chô (design) album with twenty wonderful woodblock-printed designs for Yûzen dyeing kimonos and haoris. Printed Japanese captions. Size: 24.5 x 16.6.cm. Contains ten leaves folded in the traditional Japanese fashion. Original paper wrappers decorated with printed cranes, title printed on front cover, colophon at end with ex-ownership seals, some light staining to covers. Manuscript label pasted on front wrapper, hand-written note and seal on lower cover. Insignificant tiny hole to last leaf. The artist Tozu Yoshirij› (pen name for Shibanoto Shitakage) was a Ky›ka poet and Yûzen textile artist at this time. Yûzen is a Japanese traditional technique used in the dyeing of Japanese kimono fabric. The method was invented during the Edo period in Kyoto. A similarly titled work with ky›zome designs by Furuya K›rin was published three years later (1900) by Uns›d› and Tozu's work also seems to have been published by Uns›d› in 1897. However, this book appears to be a popular precursor to the other two works. A lovely album, perhaps serving as a manual for kimono makers or produced to be appreciated and enjoyed for its own sake.

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Book number: 121363

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, kimono, design, illustrated, textile,