Detail View: Rylands Collection: Tokyo binding
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Image Number:
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JRL0701377dc
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Reference Number:
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R183558.59
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Image Title:
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Tokyo binding
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Series Title:
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Tregaskis Bindings Collection
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Parent Work Title:
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Tale of King Florus and the fair Jehane
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Creator:
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Morris, William, 1834-1896
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Creator:
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Ko-Yu-Kai
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Creator Role:
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Binding designer
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Creator:
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Saburo, Takebei Taki
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Creator Role:
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Binder
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Date Created:
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1893-1894
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Publication Details:
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Hammersmith : Kelmscott Press
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Volume:
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59
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Page/Sheet:
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Upper & lower covers
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Image Sequence Number:
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059
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Description:
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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.
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Subject:
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Bookbinding
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Sub-Category:
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Bindings
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Technique Used:
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Embroidering
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Creation Site:
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Japan: Tokyo
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Time Period Covered:
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19th Century CE
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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Facsimile of the 1894 Exhibition Catalogue in the Tregaskis Centenery Exhibition Catalogue, Designer Bookbinders, London 1994
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2006-12-01
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Gten
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2007-02
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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