Textile

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Painter
Nampei
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Plain gray silk crepe with swallows in black and shades of gray. Over the plain gray ground are strewn fine white lines and occasional groups of colored dots that look like falling flower petals.
Credit Line
Gift of Francis Lathrop
19th century
Accession Number
1908-15-6
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
printed, dyed & painted textiles
Textile
Medium
Medium: silk Technique: painted on plain weave using stenciled resist
Dimensions
H x W: 35 x 80.5 cm (13 3/4 x 31 11/16 in.)
made in
Japan
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Textiles Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1908-15-6
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45c8be2ff-6a06-493a-8a92-15b2b253f732
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