Stencil Pattern Samples for Textiles

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Stencil Pattern Samples for Textiles

Publisher unpublished

Artist Unknown (Japanese)

Place of OriginJapan

DateLate 1800s

DimensionsH. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); W. 7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm)

MediumScreen prints

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Emma Leah Bippus

Object number

2002.41

Not on View

DescriptionUnique Japanese book, bound with decorated paper covers holding 38 double leaves of approximately 144 stencil patterns for textile design. The writing on the cover and title page is too cursive to translate. It has been assumed that this is the signature of the artist and his person title for the book. Each sample has a handwritten notes above it, again, not translated.

Comparative ReferencesSee also: Andrew W. Tuer, Japanese Stencil Designs: One Hundred Outstanding Examples Collected and Introduced (New York: Dover, 1967).

cf.: Frances Blakemore, Japanese Design Through Textile Patterns, (New York: Weatherhill, 1984).

cf.: Marjorie Williams, Resistant Rhythms: the Art of Japanese Stencils, (Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1985).