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Textile sample
Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
Late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave, hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû)
Dimensions
Height x width: 11 5/8 x 12 5/16 in. (29.6 x 31.2 cm)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.437
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of pine branches in light and dark gray on a light pink and blue jagged pine bark (matsukawabishi) pattern ground, created by the yûzen process, with pine cones embroidered in green, gold, brown and black silk.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898