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Textile sample

Japanese
Late Edo to early Meiji era
19th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk, gilt paper strips, gold metallic thread; hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû, takeyamachi-nui)
Dimensions 26.7 x 40.6 cm (10 1/2 x 16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.262
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile sample with design of pine needles, plum blossoms and bamboo leaves, the "Three Friends of Winter (shochikubai)" in white and green on a dark blue ground, created by the yûzen process, and embroidered and couched with gold accents.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898