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Textile sample
Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
Late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gilt paper strips; plain-weave crepe (chirimen), hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû, takeyamachi-nui)
Dimensions
Height x width: 10 1/16 x 15 15/16 in. (25.5 x 40.5 cm)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.232
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of waterside landscape with flowers in gray, blue, brown, yellow, green, black and white, created by the yûzen process, and accented with embroidered gilt paper strips.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898