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Textile Sample from Sample Book

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black fabric with gold floral pattern. The fabric is rectangular. The pattern consists of various sized gold flowers on a black background. The flowers are in a repeating pattern and are of different shapes and sizes. The gold flowers have many small dots that make up the design. The fabric has a tan border around it with darker tan speckles. There is a small white rectangle on the bottom right with the numbers "3678" in black.

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Silk
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 331 px
Museum record:
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