Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Textile sample

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

Medium/Technique Silk plain-weave, stencil resist-dyed (katazome)
Dimensions 27.8 x 34.6 cm (10 15/16 x 13 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.347
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile sample with design of flying cranes in white, created by stencil resist-dyeing, on a light red ground.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; Gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898