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Textile sample
Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave crêpe (chirimen), hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen)
Dimensions
30 x 34.5 cm (11 13/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.420
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of scattered scraps of cloth with patterns of fish, animals, flowers and birds in brown, buff, blues, green, gray, and white on a black ground, created by the yûzen process.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898