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Textile fragment from a Noh costume
Date:
late 19th century
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Silk
Dimensions:
68 x 9 cm (26 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.); 67.5 x 9 cm (26 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Department:
Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
Asia
Accession Number:
54687.74a-b
Acquisition Date:
1935-12-13
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Carlotta Mabury
Yellow ground in broken hemp diaper pattern, polychrome flowers, butterflies. Compound weave 2/1 warp twill patterned with continuous supplementary weft floats. Twill patterned with long weft floats resembling karaori embroidery.
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