Tatami Mats [012]

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Title Tatami Mats [012]
Photo Number Box 64, Special Lectures, Special Lecture, Japan Customary Practices, 54
Description Photograph of tatami bindings in Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1966
Subject Weaving--Japan--Photographs; Matting--Japan--Photographs; Japan; Mats
Keywords Tatami mats
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage Japan
Caption on Slide Tatami bindings with lurex thread, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "A tatami (畳) is a type of mat used as a flooring material in traditional Japanese-style rooms. Traditionally made of rice straw to form the core (though nowadays sometimes the core is composed of compressed wood chip boards or polystyrene foam), with a covering of woven soft rush (igusa) straw, tatami are made in standard sizes, with the length exactly twice the width, an aspect ratio of 2:1. Usually, on the long sides, they have edging (heri) of brocade or plain cloth, although some tatami have no edging."--Wikipedia. Note: Similar to image with file name: tatami_018.
Type Image
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
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ARK ark:/87278/s65h7zk3
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 334875
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65h7zk3
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