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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; supplementary weft patterning, hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû), couched (koma-nui)
Dimensions
Height x width: 11 9/16 x 14 in. (29.3 x 35.5 cm)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.421
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of crane flying over waves in light and dark gray, white and blue, created by the yûzen process, on a dark brown ground with a small woven geometric pattern and accented with red, white and gold silk embroidery and gold metallic thread couching.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898