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Piece

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a rectangular piece of fabric titled "Piece" by an unidentified artist. The fabric has a beige background with a repeating pattern of blue stripes and brown leaf designs. The pattern consists of six vertical sections separated by blue and thin red stripes. Each section contains a repeating design of brown leaves on a beige background, with two horizontal blue lines and a brown line with an X shape in the middle. The fabric is placed on a light-colored wood surface, possibly a table or board. The image has a small red stamp in the top-right corner with the numbers "9101-91'96".

Artwork Details

Date
18th–19th century
Medium
Silk
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 375 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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