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Textile sample
Japanese
Bakumatsu, late Edo to early Meiji era
mid-19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gold thread; plain-weave gauze, hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû)
Dimensions
34.4 x 27.4 cm (13 9/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.349
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of sweet fish in a river and water plants in gray, tan and green, created by the yûzen technique, on a blue ground with metallic gold thread couching.
ProvenanceGift to MFA in August, 18989