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Piece

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a long, horizontal piece of fabric with a grid of squares. The fabric is bordered on the top and bottom with a floral pattern on a white background. The main body of the fabric has five rows of square embroidery. The top and bottom rows have eight squares. The second and fourth rows have seven squares; the third row has eight squares. The squares have a blue border around a white square, with a floral design in various colors including pink, blue, green and brown. The squares are separated by a white strip with a brown curved line design and a floral pattern in blue, pink and green. The background fabric is beige. The title of the piece is "Piece" and the artist is unknown.

Artwork details

Date:
18th–19th century
Medium:
Silk
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 387 px
Museum record:
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