Textile sample
mid-19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain-weave gauze, hand drawn paste resist-dyed (yûzen), embroidered with silk (shishû), couched with gold-wrapped thread (koma-nui)
Dimensions33.3 x 27.2 cm (13 1/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number98.357
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ProvenanceGift to MFA in August, 1898
late 19th or early 20th century
mid-19th century
18th or 19th century
19th century
mid-19th century
19th century
18th century
second half of the 18th century
late 17th to early 18th century
late 19th century, made from 17th century fabric
19th century
mid-19th century