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Textile sample
Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
mid-19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gold metallic thread; hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû)
Dimensions
26.0 x 40.4 cm (10 1/4 x 15 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.283
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of pine branch and clouds in gray, white, brown, blue and gold accents, created by the yûzen technique and embroidery (shishû), on a blue-gray ground.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; Gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA, August, 1898