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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; hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû)
Dimensions
27.4 x 40.8 cm (10 13/16 x 16 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.306
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of waterside scene with hills, houses, pine and cherry trees in gray, white, pink and blue, created by the yûzen technique, and metallic gold embroidered accents on a gray ground.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; Gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA, August, 1898