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Furoshiki (Wrapping Cloth)

A work made of silk, warp-faced plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen); stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome, suri yûzenzome and shigokizome).

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  • A work made of silk, warp-faced plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen); stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome, suri yûzenzome and shigokizome).

Date:

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

Artist:

Japan

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Furoshiki (Wrapping Cloth)

Place

Japan (Object made in)

Date

Made 1926–1935

Medium

Silk, warp-faced plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen); stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome, suri yûzenzome and shigokizome)

Dimensions

71.1 × 66 cm (28 × 26 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

2001.266

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