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Textile sample
Japanese
Bakumatsu to early Meiji era
late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave crêpe (chirimen), hand drawn and paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû)
Dimensions
29.7 x 35.3 cm (11 11/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.400
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of sprays of bamboo (take) and a dragonfly (tombo) in gray and white on a pale blue ground, created by the yûzen process, and embroidered with black and brown silk.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898