Bird Among the Peonies

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
This vertical stencil consists of branches of blossoming peonies and a single bird perched in the middle. The overall composition suggests that it was made as a wall hanging rather than a stencil used for textile designing. Silk threads are added to support the stencil structure.
Credit Line
Gift of Helen Snyder
mid 18th - early 19th century
Accession Number
1976-103-17
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
textile designs
Object Name
Katagami
Type
Katagami
Medium
Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)
made in
Japan
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1976-103-17
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b746c1b6-9d55-4001-af39-7d12d2a007b1
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