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Piece

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows the artwork "Piece" by an unknown artist. The image is a collage of two fabric swatches on a white background. The larger swatch is olive green with a large yellow flower on the left and several smaller orange and yellow flowers and leaves throughout. The smaller swatch is black with a textured pattern. The larger swatch takes up most of the image, and the smaller swatch is in the bottom-left corner. The background of the collage is white, with some handwritten numbers in the bottom corners.

Artwork details

Date:
17th century
Medium:
Silk / Compound weave
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
564 × 625 px
Museum record:
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