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Unknown Maker, Japanese

Apparel fabric

Maker

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Culture

Japanese

Title

Apparel fabric

Period

Taisho

Year

early 1920s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silk, metallic yarn

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Length: 69.2 cm (27 1/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Miss Teiko Sasaki

Object Number

54.157

Type

Exhibition History

Nuance in Nature
Birds and Flowers in Japanese Textile Design
Feb 16, 2007 – Jul 08, 2007

Label copy

Although the crane is one of the most prevalent and conspicuous symbols of traditional Japanese design, it is rendered here in the internationally recognized style of Art Moderne.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Japanese
Apparel fabric, early 1920s
Silk- and metallic paper-wrapped threads in a compound weave with continuous supplementary weft patterning
Length: 69.2 cm (27 1/4 inches)
Gift of Miss Teiko Sasaki 54.157

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