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  Imitation Leather (Japan), ca. 1885

  Close-set diaper of very small circles. Resembles lizard skin in the over-all apearance. Painted black.

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  Imitation Leather (Japan), ca. 1885

  Vertical rectangle. Approximately twenty emblems of different shapes arranged at random. Several of the motifs occur twice with either coloring or direction changed. Geometrical, foliate and mask designs are included.…

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  Imitation Leather (Japan), ca. 1885

  Repeating design made up of adjoining small triangles, some filled in with solid color, the others ornamented with small geometrical figures and flower designs. Dark brown and gray on yellowish…

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  Imitation Leather (Japan), ca. 1885

  Vertical rectangle. Approximately twenty emblems of different shapes arranged at random. Several of the motifs occur twice with their direction changed. Geometrical, foliate and mask designs are included. Painted black.

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  Imitation Leather (Japan), 1875–85

  Vertical rectangle. About 20 medallions composed of geometrical designs, foliate and flower forms, and fantastic birds, beasts and fish. Arranged at random against horizontal wave background. The latter is reddish-brown…

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  Imitation Leather (Japan, for export), ca. 1885

  Serpentine flowering stems with leaves and flowers in color. Brown ground.

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  Imitation Leather (Japan), 1875–1900

  Rows of very small circles similar to lizard skin. Black ground over which brownish-red has been worked.

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  Imitation Leather (Japan), ca. 1885

  Bands of embossed, rectilinear, close-set strap work which run parallel to one another. Black field over which brown has been washed.

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  Imitation Leather (Japan), ca. 1885

  Checkerboard pattern of geometrical compartments ornamented with foliate forms and connected to one another by strapwork. Black field washed with brown. Parts of the design have been painted in red,…

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  Imitation Leather (Japan), ca. 1885

  Checkerboard pattern of geometrical compartments ornamented with foliate forms and connected to one another by strapwork. Black field washed with brown.