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Textile sample
Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
Late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk damask (rinzu), gold metallic thread; embroidered (shishû), couched (koma-nui)
Dimensions
Height x width: 9 15/16 x 10 13/16 in. (25.2 x 27.4 cm)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.415
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of woven cherry and plum and pine and bamboo roundels on an interlocking swastika (manji tsunagi) pattern in reddish-orange silk damask accented with reddish-orange silk embroidery and gold metallic thread couching.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898