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Textile sample
Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
mid-19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gold metallic thread; plain-weave crepe (chirimen), hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû)
Dimensions
25.6 x 41.7 cm (10 1/16 x 16 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.256
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of woman seated by a riverside with waterfall and daisy- like plants in gray, blue, purple, green, brown and white, created by the yûzen technique, with metallic gold embroidered accents.
ProvenanceGift to MFA in August, 1898