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Textile sample

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

Medium/Technique Silk plain-weave crepe with supplementary warp patterning, hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen)
Dimensions Height x width: 5 13/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.7 x 10 cm)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.215
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile sample with design of Japanese apricot and flying birds in white, yellow, brown, gray and black, created by the yûzen process, on a deep violet silk ground with woven arabesque pattern.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898