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Textile sample
Japanese
Bakumatsu or Meiji era
19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave crepe (chirimen), hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû) and couched with gold metallic thread (koma-nui)
Dimensions
29.1 x 35.4 cm (11 7/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.263
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of maple tree, suspended curtain, butterfly and instruments in green, blue, red, brown, white and gray, created by the yûzen technique, with metallic gold embroidered accents.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898