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Textile sample

Japanese
Late Edo period or early Meiji era
mid-19th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk, gold metallic thread; plain-weave crepe (chirimen), embroidered (shishû)
Dimensions 20.3 x 18.1 cm (8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.286
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile sample with design of a crane in embroidered in white silk and a tortoise embroidered in gold-wrapped thread on a reddish-orange ground.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898