Book of swatches mounted on paper (56 sheets)
19th-20th centuryJapaneseResist-dyed silk, satin-stitch embroidery in silk and gold-foil-wrapped threads, and with selected details painted in dark green and black pigments
19th centuryJapaneseTie-dyed designs on blue silk damask patterned with orchid and chrysanthemum flowers on a diapered ground; red silk lining
18th-19th centuryJapaneseResist-dyed red damask silk utilizing stitch-resist (nuishime shibori) and tie-dying (kanoko shibori) techniques; selected motifs embroidered with gold-paper-wrapped and polychrome silk threads
18th centuryJapaneseBook of swatches mounted on paper (56 sheets)
19th-20th centuryJapaneseSilk
JapaneseBook of swatches mounted on paper (56 sheets)
19th-20th centuryJapanese