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Textile sample
Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
mid-19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave crepe (chirimen), hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen)
Dimensions
26.1 x 40.0 cm (10 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.259
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of two small figures rowing boats containing flowers on simple wave motifs in white, brown, gray and green, created by the yûzen technique, on a blue ground.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; Gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA, August, 1898