Display of fabrics and clothing materials

Title

Display of fabrics and clothing materials

Publisher

Pitts Theology Library

Work Attributes

Date

1875 - 1895

Description

A staged display of people looking at thread, fabric, and other supplies for tailoring against a background of bolts of fabric unrolled and draped to show the patterns; the man in the role of shopkeeper holds an abacus. Turner's inscription is "a dry-goods shop."

Rights

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Subject

Japan; cloth; kimonos; sewing (process)

Worktype

color prints (photographs)

Citation

“Display of fabrics and clothing materials,” East Asia, accessed November 5, 2025, https://eastasia.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/items/show/479.

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