Album of silk samples used on Freer paintings

Object Details

• Artist

  Miura Brothers

• Label

  This sample book is believed to have been made by the Miura Brothers in 1916-1917 to record which fabrics were selected by Charles Lang Freer to remount his paintings. There are also some later notations probably by Mr. Kinoshita. Since many of the paintings have been remounted since then, this is the only record that exists of many of Freer’s mounting choices.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Origin

  Kyoto, Japan

• Type

  Costume and Textile

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• Date

  1910s

• Name

  Miura Brothers

• Place

  Kyoto, Japan

• Topic

  Art, Silk (fiber), Japanese Art, Taisho era (1912 - 1926)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Costume, Textiles