Textile sample

Japanese

Late Edo or early Meiji era

mid-19th century

Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk plain-weave crepe, stencil resist-dyed (katazome)

Dimensions 12.0 x 11.2 cm (4 3/4 x 4 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number98.261

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile sample with design of diamond-shaped lozenge pattern in gray and white created by stencil resist-dyeing (katazome).

ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; Gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA, August, 1898