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Textile sample
Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
mid-19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave crepe (chirimen), hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered with gold paper strips (shishû) and couched with gold-wrapped thread (koma-nui)
Dimensions
25.0 x 41.0 cm (9 13/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.255
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of an elderly couple (Jô and Uba) with pine, plum, crane and tortoise (a scene from the Noh drama, Takasago) in gray, brown, blue, green, white and black, created by the yûzen technique, with metallic gold embroidered accents.
ProvenanceGift to MFA in August, 1898