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Altar Cloth

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Green fabric with large, gold-colored floral designs. The fabric has a repeating pattern of large flowers and leaves in gold-colored material on a green background. The flowers have rounded, overlapping petals and black lines extending from the center. The leaves are various shapes and sizes, also in gold-colored material. Some curved, stem-like lines in gold-colored material connect the flowers and leaves. The fabric fills most of the image, with a small section of white background visible along the right and bottom edges. The fabric is titled "Altar Cloth".

Artwork Details

Medium
Silk, metallic thread
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
497 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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