From luxury to mania: A case study of Anglo-Japanese textile production at Warner & Ramm, 1870-1890

Elizabeth Kramer*

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Abstract

This article closely examines Anglo-Japanese textile design and manufacture at Warner & Ramm in the 1870s and 1880s in order to demonstrate the dynamism of the concepts of luxury, novelty and exoticism (particularly with reference to Japan) in textile production and consumption in Victorian Britain. It contrasts the manufacture and consumption of Warner's luxury hand-woven silks in the Japanese style with the wider production and consumption of Anglo-Japanese textiles associated with the Japan Mania.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)151-164
Number of pages14
JournalTextile History
Volume38
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2007
Externally publishedYes

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