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Add MS 5252/51-59
- Record Id:
- 040-003948576
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003947840
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100124678348.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5252/51-59
- Title:
- Textile appliques and Japanese watercolours collected by Dr. Engelbert Kaempfer
- Scope & Content:
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Japanese watercolours and multi-media works pasted on paper collected by Dr Engelbert Kaempfer. Summary description of contents:
51-52. Textile appliques (oshi-e) of two flowering branches, pasted down on a rectangular paper support measuring 195 x 295 mm. In relief on the paper mount, these appliques have been created by applying a slightly padded textile relief onto a silhouette cut-out, made of thick paper.
53-59. Japanese watercolours of Japanese men and women in traditional costume executed on paper, each sheet measuring 235 x 155 mm. All items are mounted individually.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Sloane Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003947840
040-003948576 - Is part of:
- Add MS 5252 : Watercolours, textile appliques and silk embroideries collected by Engelbert Kaempfer in Japan
Add MS 5252/51-59 : Textile appliques and Japanese watercolours collected by Dr. Engelbert Kaempfer - Hierarchy:
- 032-003947840[0006]/040-003948576
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 5252
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 box (9 items)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Japanese - Scripts:
- Japanese
Latin - Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 280 x 360 mm (mount); dimensions of the items vary.
Material: coloured fabric and silk applied onto a papier mâché support, all pasted on paper.
Foliation: 9 items mounted individually, numbered progressively on the verso of the mount.
- Publications:
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Anton Schweizer, "Puppets for the Margravine. Japanese Ephemera and their (Re)construction in Eighteenth-century Chinoiserie", 21: Inquiries into Art, History and the Visual Vol. 2, No. 1 (April 2021), 3-46.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)