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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; plain-weave with supplementary weft patterning, hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû), couched (koma nui)
Dimensions
Height x width: 12 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. (31.1 x 34 cm)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.440
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of chrysanthemums (kiku, kôrinkiku) and bamboo fence in pink, reddish-orange, yellow, green, tan and white on a blue ground, created by the yûzen process, accented with brown and black silk embroidery and gold metallic thread couching.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898