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Textile sample
Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave, hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen)
Dimensions
26.7 x 36.6 cm (10 1/2 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.391
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of two dragonflies (tombo), Japanese pampas grass (susuki) and rice crop in black, brown, white and green against a light blue sky, created by the yûzen process.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898