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Japanese Edo, Japan

Textile, 1700s

Description

Maker

Culture

Japanese

Title

Textile

Year

1700s

Medium

Silk, metal, paper; continuous supplementary weft patterning

Materials/Techniques

Materials

silk

Dimensions

Square: 66 cm (26 inches)

Place

Japan

Type

Textiles

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

04.1455

Exhibition History

Nuance in Nature

February 16 - July 8, 2007

The combination of motifs woven into this fabric: cranes, dragons, flowering peonies, and paulownia, all connote imperial rank and suggests that this textile may have been produced for imperial consumption or gift offering.

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