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Textile Sample from Sample Book

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The textile sample is on a gold-colored background with a textured surface. Two vertical white stripes are centered on a golden yellow background. The stripes are made of tightly woven horizontal white lines. The top of each stripe has a semicircular red patch. A small white rectangular sticker on the top-right corner displays black numbers. The sample has a worn, aged appearance. The artist not identified, sample titled "Textile Sample from Sample Book".

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Silk
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 345 px
Museum record:
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