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Textile sample
Japanese
Bakumatsu to Meiji era
late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gold metallic thread; plain-weave crêpe (chirimen), hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû) and couched (koma-nui)
Dimensions
30.5 x 35.1 cm (12 x 13 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.417
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of pampas grass (susuki) with drops of water on the leaves in white, blue and pink-orange, created by the yûzen process, and embroidered and couched in green and brown silk and metallic gold thread accents.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898