Not on display

Fragment


Tex, Japan, woven

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Embroidery
Object type
Fragment
Brief description
Tex, Japan, woven
Gallery label
SILK DAMASK
Leafy sprays, cloud forms and symbolical objects (including "wave-birds," chidori).
JAPANESE; 19th century.
Object history
Purchased from the Forrer Collection, accessioned in 1899. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
1393-1899

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O486199/fragment/
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