The Silver Studio & the art of Japan

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Hendon, Z. and Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture 2013. The Silver Studio & the art of Japan. London, UK Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture.
TitleThe Silver Studio & the art of Japan
AuthorsHendon, Z. and Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture
Abstract

In the 1870s and 80s, Britain experienced a craze for all things Japanese. Japanese art and design was seen as exciting and exotic by Europeans, because it was so different to Western culture. It offered a whole new way of looking at and representing the world.
Arthur Silver was a British designer of wallpapers and textiles. He established his company, the Silver Studio, in 1880. He and his colleagues were avid collectors of Japanese source material. The Silver Studio incorporated Japanese materials, methods and motifs these into designs for wallpapers and textiles for British consumers between about 1880 and 1930. The resulting designs are not straightforwardly ‘Japanese’ but are the result of a cross-cultural fertilisation of design ideas.

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Hardcover978-09565340 33
Editionrevised edition of exhibition catalogue first published in 2010
PublisherMuseum of Domestic Design & Architecture
Place of publicationLondon, UK
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Print2013
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Deposited20 Nov 2015
Output statusPublished
LanguageEnglish
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