Object Details
- Description
- Navy blue silk with a silver metallic thread embroidered design of butterflies, insects and floral motifs. There is a white silk rope drawstring. The drawstring is discolored with dust and grime. The interior of the bag is lined with an iridescent green and blue silk. There are two small holes on the exterior bottom panel.
- Provenance
- ?-1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), method of acquisition unknown [1]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] This bag once held a ceramic owned by Charles Lang Freer but was separated from that ceramic at an unknown time for an unknown reason, most likely after Freer's collection was brought to Washington, DC (see note 2).
- [2] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920, upon the completion of the Freer Gallery of Art.
- Research Completed on March 23, 2022
- Collection
- Freer Study Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection, Smithsonian Institution
- 19th century
- Period
- Edo period or Meiji era
- Accession Number
- FSC-T-24
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Costume and Textile
- Medium
- Silk, silver threads
- Dimensions
- H x W (flat): 16 x 17 cm (6 5/16 x 6 11/16 in)
- Origin
- Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- iridescence
- silk (fiber)
- insect
- flower
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
- butterfly
- tea
- Japan
- Japanese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_FSC-T-24
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3ec6bb05e-0fd5-4669-9740-d5bdc58d6d35
