Weaving swatch box

Woven Textile

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Name/Title

Weaving swatch box

Entry/Object ID

2020.13

Description

Japanese woven textile swatches adhered to cardstock paper and stacked in wooden box.

Use

Traditionally, these swatch boxes would be available to customers interested in purchasing woven cloth. The customers could look through the various patterns provided in the sample box to have a cloth custom woven.

Category

Weaving

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown maker

Time Period

20th Century

Place

State/Province

Tanba

Country

Japan

Continent

Asia

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

weaving, swatches

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Box

Height

11.5 cm

Width

11.5 cm

Depth

4.5 cm

Dimension Description

Cards

Height

9 cm

Width

9 cm

Dimension Description

Woven samples attached to cards vary in size.

Materials

Material

Wood, Paper

Material Notes

Woven samples likely made of bast fibers.

Color

Brown, Blue, White, Black, Tan

Location

Room

Library