Photograph
1882-1900 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Photograph mounted on card
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Photograph |
| Brief description | Photograph from a set of photographs of a Japanese wallpaper factory, Tokyo, between 1882 and 1900. |
| Physical description | Photograph mounted on card |
| Gallery label | Rottmann & Co. established a factory in Yokohama, Japan in the early 1880s. The workshop mostly produced imitation embossed leather wallpapers, a style that copied ornate and gilded leather wall-hangings that were fashionable in the late 19th century. These photographs trace this labour-intensive process, including the intricate relief work on the paper. While the wallpapers were often manufactured in Japan, they were largely exported to a European market.(May 2023) |
| Credit line | Presented by Alexander Rottman Esq. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 659-1930 |
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| Record created | June 20, 2016 |
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