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Textile sample

Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
mid-19th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk, unbalanced plain-weave, hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen)
Dimensions 23.5 x 35.8 cm (9 1/4 x 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.332
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile sample with design of bush clover in gray and reddish-orange, created by the yûzen process, on a blue ground.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; Gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898