Child's sleeping mat (boro shikimono)
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Object Details
- Description
- Child's sleeping mat composed of several layers of indigo dyed cotton fabrics, patched and heavily stitched.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2017-15-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Child's sleeping mat (boro shikimono)
- Medium
- Medium: indigo-dyed cotton Technique: pieced and stitched
- Dimensions
- H x W: 111.8 × 59.7 cm (44 × 23 1/2 in.)
- made in
- Japan
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_2017-15-1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq46f3dd44f-bfd1-44f8-b72a-eb9f23643b99
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