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Furoshiki (Wrapping Cloth)

A work made of rayon, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen); stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome and shigokizome).

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

Date:

Heisei period (1989–present), 1991

Artist:

Designed by Akihiko Takemura (Japanese, active c. 1991)
Produced by the Miyai Company, Ltd.(Japanese, founded 1901)
Japan, Kyoto

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Akihiko Takemura (Designer)

Title

Furoshiki (Wrapping Cloth)

Place

Kyoto (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 1991

Medium

Rayon, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen); stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome and shigokizome)

Dimensions

72.6 × 68.5 cm (28 1/2 × 27 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

2001.284

Extended information about this artwork

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