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Panel

1800-1950 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Shiga (prefecture) (made)

Panel of woven bast fibre with an abstract design reserved in white on an indigo ground. The panel is decorated using the itajimezome technique in which threads are pressed (jime) and dyed (zome) between wooden boards (ita) prior to weaving.


Object details

Category
Textiles
Object type
Panel
Materials and techniques
Woven and resist-dyed bast fibre
Brief description
Panel of woven and resist-dyed bast fibre, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, 1800-1950
Physical description
Panel of woven bast fibre with an abstract design reserved in white on an indigo ground. The panel is decorated using the itajimezome technique in which threads are pressed (jime) and dyed (zome) between wooden boards (ita) prior to weaving.
Dimensions
  • Height: 53.0cm
  • Width: 34.0cm
  • Height: 20.75in
  • Width: 13.5in
Dimensions in inches are from the register, those in centimetres are from digital records.
Production
Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
T.105-1957

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O24586/panel-unknown/
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