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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Green fabric with gold geometric embroidery. The fabric is square. The background is green. The embroidery is gold. The embroidery pattern consists of four armed crosses and ovals. The four armed crosses have two horizontal lines intersecting two vertical lines. The ovals are solid. Some of the ovals are vertically arranged. The crosses and ovals are arranged in repeating pattern. A beige fabric border surrounds the green fabric. The border has stitching along the edge. A white and gold leaf pattern is in the upper left corner of the green fabric. Numbers are printed vertically on the right side of the beige border.

Artwork Details

Date
18th–19th century
Medium
Silk
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 593 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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