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Furoshiki (Wrapping Cloth)

A work made of silk and rayon, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: ita-age, utsushinori yûzenzome and suri yûzenzome, shigokizome).

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  • A work made of silk and rayon, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: ita-age, utsushinori yûzenzome and suri yûzenzome, shigokizome).

Date:

1926/35, early Shôwa period (1926–1989)

Artist:

Japan

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Furoshiki (Wrapping Cloth)

Place

Japan (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1926–1935

Medium

Silk and rayon, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: ita-age, utsushinori yûzenzome and suri yûzenzome, shigokizome)

Dimensions

71.7 × 71.4 cm (28 1/4 × 28 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

2001.252

Extended information about this artwork

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