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Textile sample
Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gold metallic thread and gilt paper strips; plain-weave, hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû) and couched (koma-nui)
Dimensions
Height x width: 8 3/8 x 14 3/8 in. (21.3 x 36.5 cm)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.407
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of pine trees (matsu), pampas grass (susuki), plum (ume), a flying Japanese bush warbler, a poem cards (shikishi) in white, gray, pink, light green, and yellow and gold, created by the yûzen process, and embroidered with gold metallic paper strips and couched with metallic gold thread.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898