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Textile sample
Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gold metallic thread and paper strips; plain-weave, hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû), couched (koma-nui)
Dimensions
Height x width: 8 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (21.6 x 36.2 cm)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.406
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of baskets, grasses and butterflies in white, brown and yellow on a dark gray and purple ground, created by the yûzen process, embroidered with gold metallic paper strips and couched with gold metallic thread.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898