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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
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceGift to MFA in August, 1898
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
mid-19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Kimono (uchikake)
late 19th or early 20th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century