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Textile sample
Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gilt paper strips; plain-weave with supplementary warp and weft patterning, hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû)
Dimensions
Height x width: 2 15/16 x 3 11/16 in. (7.4 x 9.4 cm)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.218
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of butterbur flower in yellow, green and white, created by the yûzen process, accented with embroidered gilt paper strips 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