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Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Three panels of narrow lengths of dark blue twill weave silk with a large pattern made of opposing curves, known as tate-waku, woven in gilded paper, framing large open flower heads in white, pale green and gold. Veins in flowers and centers in gold. Material probably intended for a coat.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Elizabeth Gordon
- late 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1964-24-8-a/c
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- woven textiles
- Panels
- Medium
- Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: twill weave with supplementary weft
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall): 128 × 97.5 cm (50 3/8 × 38 3/8 in.)
- made in
- Japan
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1964-24-8-a_c
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq476adae7f-429a-4bcb-b15b-cb8c49d96c58
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