LELLA  &  GIANNI  MORRA
Fine Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Paintings

         
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Komon sample book.
More of 150 textile samples pasted on 30 pages.
23x29 cm
Mid 19th century.
For a discussion on this kind of book see the chapter by Nagasaki Iwao, Designs for a Thousand Ages: Printed Pattern Books and Kosode in Gluckman & Takeda, When Art Became Fashion Kosode in Edo-Period Japan. New York 1992, p.111-112.

Item 977          Price: Euro 750


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