Japanese sewing sample book

Object/Artifact

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Name/Title

Japanese sewing sample book

Entry/Object ID

2026.5.26

Description

Spiral bound sewing sample book from Japan. Includes sewn in cloth samples, labeled by hand, of seams, functional and decorative stitches, smocking, button holes, and sewing on button/fasteners, Labeled on the front cover that it was completed in October of Showa 30 (1955).

Category

Sample books

Acquisition

Accession

2026.5

Made/Created

Artist

Umemura Sendono

Date made

Oct 1955

Place

Country

Japan

Continent

Asia

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

sample books

Search Terms

sewing, japanese sewing, sample books, embroidery, buttons, fasteners, buttonholes, smocking, seams

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Sample book

Dimensions

Dimension Description

15.25 x 21.75 cm

Material

Paper, Fabric

Color

Brown

Location

Room

Studio