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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brown and purple fabric with hexagonal pattern, featuring flowers. The fabric shows five hexagons. The top two hexagons are side-by-side and the bottom three are in a row below them. The hexagons have a dark brown background and a gold border. Inside the hexagons are four-petal flowers with purple and gold. The background of the fabric is dark brown with a geometric pattern. The border around the fabric is light brown. Piece by artist unknown.

Artwork details

Date:
18th–19th century
Medium:
Silk
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 357 px
Museum record:
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