Jun 23, 2022 - Sale 2610

Sale 2610 - Lot 277

Price Realized: $ 531
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(JAPAN -- TEXTILES.) Archive of 19th and 20th century albums of original kimono design. Japan, vd

Additional Details

59 detailed pen and ink sketches on thin paper tipped to album leaves. Leporello folio, 17 1/4x11 1/2 inches, silk end-wrappers with manuscript title label, somewhat worn, hinges separated at a few places. Circa 1860.

Approximately 80 illustrations for textile and pottery design, many of natural history subjects. Most ink and watercolor tipped to album leaves. 10 3/4x8 inches, rubbed plain paper wrappers. Late 19th/Early 20th century.

Two small sketchbooks: Approximately 45 pages of pencil and ink sketches. 9 1/2x6 1/2 inches, worn printed wrappers; 12 pen and ink sketches and 3 clipped color printed cards tipped to album leaves. Small leporello format, 8x6 1/2 inches, cloth self-wrappers. Late 19th/Early 20th century.

Disbound album of approximately 45 dyed silk pattern swatches and approximately 70 mounted pen and ink sketches on thin paper. Album leaves 13 1/2x9 1/2 inches. Late 19th/Early 20th century.

8 loose hand-painted or stenciled design samples, 27x31 inches the largest. Late 19th/Early 20th century.