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Paragon Embroidery Co. (Yokohama, Japan) · 1910 · The Company · 18 pictures

A 1910 trade catalogue issued by the Paragon Embroidery Co. of Yokohama, Japan, offering hand-embroidered goods such as table linens, runners, and garments to buyers abroad. The pictures are plain photographic plates of numbered items, showing white-on-cloth and tone-on-tone needlework in floral, scroll, and geometric patterns that a designer could adapt for textile or border motifs.

Embroidery -- Japan

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