Fine Imported Japanese Wallpapers. Sample book #15
New York: Charles R. Gracie & Sons Inc., 1950's 60's. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. Unpaginated. Original red cloth with gold lettering on front board and title-label laid on spine. Fascinating sample book consisting of 168 samples of different varieties of hand-made Japanese wallpapers, Shoji panels and and screens. Types of traditional materials include, hemp cloth (麻布), silk papers (絹紙), grass cloth (草布), sisal cloth (サイザル麻布), flax (亜麻布), reed (葦布), Burlap (黄麻布), cork papersコルク紙, "imitation grass" (模造草), paper weaves (紙布), as well as metallic (金・銀ベニヤ) and wood veneers (木目ベニヤ). Includes a index and price list at the interior back cover. Very minor soiling on title-label. Binding and interior in very good to near fine condition. vg. Item #23911
Price: $950.00