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Fragment of Woodblock Printed Cotton

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows a white cotton fabric with blue-gray designs. The fabric features a repeating pattern of various scenes and objects. The pattern includes illustrations of people sitting on furniture, people pushing carts, trees, flowers, birds, and buildings with pagoda-style roofs. The illustrations are in a blue-gray color and are arranged in a repeating pattern across the fabric. The edges of the fabric are rough and frayed. The background of the fabric is white. The fabric appears to be a type of toile de Jouy, a style of printed cotton fabric that originated in France. The title of the fabric is "Fragment of Woodblock Printed Cotton".

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686 × 893 px
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