Book with 37 paper compartments.

Collection type: Object
Description: Book with 37 paper compartments.
Long description: Origami 'book' or file made of textile card and paper. The 'book' is opened up to reveal 37 folded and glued paper compartments. The 'book' is covered on the outside with red silk textile. The front of the book is decorated with a green ribbon trimming in the centre of which are black Chinese characters cut out of painted textile? and glued to the front. The inside of te book is decorated with printed cotton textile, mainly printed with floral designs. Most of the paper compartments are made of plain rough cream-coloured paper. The largest compartment, at the base of the inside of the book, is trimmed with orange coloured cotton textile. [MdeA 24/11/2005]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Person: Field collector Dennis Mills; PRM source Rosemary C. Money
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1900
Date collected: Circa 1900
Acquisition information: Donated: 29/09/2005
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Cardboard Paper Plant, Material Cotton Textile Plant, Process Glued, Process Woven
Dimensions: Width: max 130 mm, Length: max 232 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2005.134.8

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