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Textile sample
Japanese
early Meiji era
mid-19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave gauze, hand drawn paste resist-dyed (yûzen), embroidered with silk (shishû), couched with gold-wrapped thread (koma-nui)
Dimensions
33.3 x 27.2 cm (13 1/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.357
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of wisteria in green, tan and white, created by the yûzen technique, embroidery in purple silk and couching in metallic gold thread on a light brown ground.
ProvenanceGift to MFA in August, 1898