COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0701377dc
Reference Number:
R183558.59
Image Title:
Tokyo binding
Series Title:
Tregaskis Bindings Collection
Parent Work Title:
Tale of King Florus and the fair Jehane
Creator:
Morris, William, 1834-1896
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Ko-Yu-Kai
Creator Role:
Binding designer
Creator:
Saburo, Takebei Taki
Creator Role:
Binder
Date Created:
1893-1894
Publication Details:
Hammersmith : Kelmscott Press
Volume:
59
Page/Sheet:
Upper & lower covers
Image Sequence Number:
059
Description:
Tokyo Binding: Lemon silk. Both sides having butterflies in silk embriodered on them. They are wrought in a variety of stitches, and in different colours, and are 22 in number, from an original design by a Native Artist; with interlaced ties at the back in the oriental manner. Doublure and end leaves of silver and gold decoration on lemon ground. Commissioned by James & Mary Lee Tregaskis.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Technique Used:
Embroidering
Creation Site:
Japan: Tokyo
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Facsimile of the 1894 Exhibition Catalogue in the Tregaskis Centenery Exhibition Catalogue, Designer Bookbinders, London 1994
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2006-12-01
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2007-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
Tokyo binding
