Textile fragments

19th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Navy blue twill ground with woven supplementary weft pattern of large scale dragons and flying clouds in rust, white, yellow, green, and sky blue silk threads with metallic paper threads.

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Title: Textile fragments
Date Created: 19th century
Location Created: Japan
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Medium: silk, paper with applied gold foil Technique: plain compound twill
Credit line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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