![JAPAN - FURNITURE TRADE CATALOGUE Furniture trade catalogue for Singleton, Benda & Co. Ltd., Yokohama, [c.1900]](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-08/15/8588862-1-1.jpg&tmp=web300&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000&dt=zoom_image "JAPAN - FURNITURE TRADE CATALOGUE Furniture trade catalogue for Singleton, Benda & Co. Ltd., Yokohama, [c.1900] Estimate: £600 - 800 €700 - 930 US$ 910 - 1,200")
13 Nov 2012
14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge
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JAPAN - FURNITURE TRADE CATALOGUE
Singleton, Benda & Co. Ltd., of Yokohama. Furniture trade catalogue conaining 150 ALBUMEN PRINTS each depicting one or two items of furniture, mounted between one and 6 per page recto and verso, with printed label (providing stock number and dimensions) beneath each image, some fading, image sizes between 268 x 206mm. and 105 x 72mm., loosely inserted 3-page typed price list naming all the items in English, with prices in yen, original cloth, worn, oblong folio, [Yokohama, c.1900]
Estimate:
£600 - 800
€700 - 930
US$ 910 - 1,200
€700 - 930
US$ 910 - 1,200
Footnotes
- Rare catalogue of Japanese carved cherry wood furniture, issued by Singleton, Benda & Co., Yokohama, an import and export company of Japanese artifacts founded in 1892. Each piece is illustrated with an original albumen print, and the catalogue was presumably made up for a salesman, with dimensions in feet and inches and prices in yen.
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