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Textile sample
Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
mid-19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave gauze, hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen)
Dimensions
26.2 x 32.0 cm (10 5/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.360
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of two men working under large butterbur in gray, green, blue and tan, created by the yûzen technique, on a light gray ground.
ProvenanceGift to MFA in August, 1898