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Textile Sample from Sample Book

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The textile sample is rectangular with a light blue-gray background. Two identical swatches of fabric are shown, one above the other. A dark blue floral pattern is on the fabric. The fabric has a smooth appearance. A yellow-beige background surrounds the fabric swatches. Small black specks are scattered on the yellow background. A white sticker on the bottom-left of the lower fabric swatch has the number 3683 printed vertically in black.

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Silk
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 250 px
Museum record:
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