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Textile Design for Stencil

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beige-colored textile with a repeating landscape design, featuring trees with green foliage and white flowers. The design shows a mountainous scene with distant buildings. The fabric appears aged and worn, with visible creases and discoloration. The design is divided into sections or panels, each showing a variation of the same scene. The title of the textile is "Textile Design for Stencil" and the artist is unknown.

Artwork details

Date:
17th century
Medium:
Paint on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
489 × 625 px
Museum record:
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