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KYOTO PALACE & TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE, CARPENTRY, & DECORATIONBiblio.com

Archive of ca. 60 or more architectural drawings on sheets of various sizes of paper

ref. 11071Brush & ink some in color or heightened in color. Late Edo. A fascinating collection of fine and detailed architectural drawings of the Kyoto Palace several Kyoto temples and mansions. This collection can be divided very roughly into three groups: 1. Palace: The Kyoto Palace burned down many times in its long history and the most recent reconstruction was completed in 1855. About 17 sheets of varying sizes some quite large depict ornamental details; floor plans; details of sliding doors; plans for guard offices at entrances buildings for ladies-in-waiting and entranceways to court offices; ornaments for bathrooms; floor plans of the inner palace including the emperor’s residence seiryÅden 清涼殿 the tutors’ living quarters and teaching rooms the layout of the roof beams for the seiryÅden beam measurements sumigi 隅木 roof styles metalwork designs for shitomi 蔀 traditional shutters or doors another complete floor plan of the seiryÅden with labels for placement for each decorative work of art and a diagram of the placement of the weight-bearing wooden pillars color-coded to support the floors; roof-beam styles; palace outer buildings’ floor plans; a very large hand-colored illustration of a decorative drum to perform gagaku 雅楽; pattern sheet of the drum; and a bundle of seven sheets of various palace buildings some in color. 2. Temples: a drawing of a model of elaborate woodwork; ornamental roof details in color; layout for roof beams; a rubbing of an architectural detail; floor plan of the building containing the Great Buddha of the HÅkÅji temple; detailed measurements of the roof beams of the Rokkaku-do temple; plan for a two-story pagoda sheet measuring 1210 x 760 mm.; the design of an ornamental bottle-shaped strut taiheizuka å¤§ç“¶æŸ; and a sheet with actual size drawings of other ornaments. Some have the name of the creator Tanaka Heibei 田中平兵衛 a Kyoto ornamental woodcarver. 3. Miscellaneous: drawings of ornamental aspects of unnamed buildings about 30 sheets of varying sizes. In very good condition. unknown

Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. · United States$3,750.00≈ €3,343.74

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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT ACCOUNT BOOK FOR PHILADELPHIA CARPENTERS JOHN AND W.H. MARTIN RECORDING DAILY WORK SUPPLIES AND EARNINGS 1835 - 1866.

1835ref. 52261Philadelphia. 1835–1866. Account Book of a Philadelphia Carpenter An interesting carpenter's account book from 19th-century Philadelphia containing a voluminous number of entries listing client names types of carpentry work done and the costs thereof. Internal evidence his name on pages 52 and 114 suggests that this belonged to Philadelphia carpenters John and W.H. Martin. The accounts start on July 22 1835 exactly one month after the 1835 Philadelphia general strike ended. Workers' rights and formative unions owe much to this strike in Philadelphia the first general strike by wage workers in North America. The strike helped alleviate long hours and low pay by involving some 20000 workers who demanded a ten-hour work day and increased wages. The strike was very successful ending in an almost complete victory for the workers. About half of the ledger deals with work done in the first five years in which it was kept between 1835 and 1840. There are no entries from June 1847 to June 1849 and only sporadic entries from 1857 to the final entries in 1866; most of the rest of the accounts are from 1840 to 1855 except the two-year hiatus. The account book lists a wide assortment of different types of work accomplished by carpenters including framing putting up awnings "repairing a privey seat" hanging doors and windows putting up lightning rods making shutters mending floors and much more. In addition Martin seemed to occasionally make furniture specifically benches and tables for which there are some entries here. It also contains important information on the prices paid by tradesmen for supplies in Philadelphia at the time mostly lumber and nails in this case. Although there is no explicit ownership signature both internal evidence and other material purchased from the same estate suggest John Martin as the principal craftsperson and W.H. Martin as an employee or other principal of the business. The ledger offers much insight into American trade in one of its most important cities at a time of immense growth. A fascinating account book with much detail on the development of Philadelphia private homes in the middle of the 19th century. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Binding worn and rubbed. Very good. hardcover

William Reese Company · United States$4,000.00≈ €3,566.65

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