Album of textile samples

Object Details

• Artist

  Attributed to the Miura Brothers

• Provenance

  From 1917 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unnamed source in 1917 [1]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Voucher 13, January 1917, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  A Journey of Taste: Freer and Japanese Scroll Mounting (April 15, 2023 to March 3, 2024)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Kyoto, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Album

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1910s, 1900s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Kyoto, Japan

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Japanese Art, Taisho era (1912 - 1926), Meiji era (1868 - 1912), Brocading, Weft patterning

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Albums