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Textile sample
Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave crêpe with supplementary warp and weft patterning, hand drawn paste resist-dyed (yûzen, shiroage)
Dimensions
Height x width: 10 7/8 x 4 1/16 in. (27.6 x 10.3 cm)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.221
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of flower and grass in white and green, created by the yûzen process, on a dark purple silk ground with woven pattern of small squares.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898