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Piece

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Piece by the artist shows a rectangular piece of fabric with a repeating pattern. The fabric is salmon-colored with a diamond-shaped design. The diamonds are outlined in dark green and filled with a lighter green and yellow stripes. Inside each diamond is a white flower-like shape made up of small beads or sequins. The fabric has a fringe along its edges, which appears to be made of yellow and green threads. The background of the image is white, suggesting that the fabric is lying on a table or other flat surface. There are two numbers in the bottom-right corner, one on a white sticker: 469, and one on a paper sticker: 09.50.469.

Artwork Details

Date
late 17th–early 18th century
Medium
Silk
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 423 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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