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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; plain-weave with supplementary weft patterning, hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû), couched (koma-nui)
Dimensions
Height x width: 12 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. (31.1 x 34.3 cm)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.441
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of chrysanthemums (kiku) in yellow, orange, pink, white and gray on a dark blue-gray silk ground, created by the yûzen process, and accented with green, orange, red and pink silk embroidery and gold metallic couching.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898