yorkeantiquetextiles:Textile sample. Japanese,Late Edo or early Meiji era, 19th century.Silk, metal
yorkeantiquetextiles:Textile sample. Japanese,Late Edo or early Meiji era, 19th century.Silk, metallic gold thread; plain-weave crêpe (chirimen),hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), couched (koma-nui). Textile sample with design of chrysanthemumsred, yellow and blue, created by the yûzen process, and couched pieces ofmetallic gold-covered thread on a white silk crepe ground. Provenance: WilliamSturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFAin August, 1898. MFA -- source link