Textile sample

Japanese

Late Edo or early Meiji era

mid-19th century

Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk, gold metallic thread; plain-weave crepe (chirimen), hand drawn paste resist-dyed (yûzen), embroidered (shishû)

Dimensions 26.0 x 40.5 cm (10 1/4 x 15 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number98.288

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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile sample with design of flying cranes on a blue-gray ground, created by the yûzen technique, with embroidered gold accents.

ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; Gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA, August, 1898