Artwork preview

Piece

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a brown and gold fabric with a woven pattern. The fabric fills the image. The fabric is rectangular. The fabric has a textured surface with a repeating pattern of interlocking lines. The lines are thin and closely spaced. The fabric has a dark brown color with lighter brown and gold highlights. The background around the fabric is white. A small white rectangle in the bottom right corner contains black text.

Artwork details

Date:
17th century
Medium:
Silk / Compound weave
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 537 px
Museum record:
View original
Palette