Fragment
first half 19th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
Textile fragment of brocaded silk. Pattern in colours on a yellow-brown ground and consists of intersecting vertical and diagonal bands decorated with large and small rosettes at the points of intersection. Merchant's weights are woven on the diagonal bands and dragons and phoenixes occupy the spaces between the rosettes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded silk |
| Brief description | Textile fragment of brocaded silk, Japan, first half of 19th century |
| Physical description | Textile fragment of brocaded silk. Pattern in colours on a yellow-brown ground and consists of intersecting vertical and diagonal bands decorated with large and small rosettes at the points of intersection. Merchant's weights are woven on the diagonal bands and dragons and phoenixes occupy the spaces between the rosettes. |
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| Credit line | Given by A. F. Kendrick, Esq. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.98-1914 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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