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Textile Sample from Sample Book

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Blue and brown textile sample. The sample is rectangular. The blue background has thin, diagonal, white and blue stripes. The brown design on top consists of irregular curved shapes. A white rectangle on the left side contains black numbers. The sample is mounted on a beige background with small black speckles. The sample is from a sample book.

Artwork details

Date:: 19th century
Medium:: Silk
Culture:: Japan
Dimensions:: 599 × 241 px
Museum record:: View original

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