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Fragment of cotton ikat
Japanese (Omi Province)
late Edo or early Meiji era
19th century
Object Place: Omi Province, Japan
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain-weave, warp and weft yarn resist -dyed (kasuri, ikat)
Dimensions
15 x 22 cm (5 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. J. Langewis
Accession Number56.304
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of plain-weave cotton with design of maple leaves, tortoise, linked hexagon pattern and areas of intersecting curved lines in white, created by the double-ikat process, on an indigo blue ground.
ProvenanceGift of Mr. J. Langewis to the MFA, April 12, 1956