One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Brocades in Various Traditional Pattern / Artist Unknown, Japan
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- Accession Number
- 1972/2.44.9
- Title
- One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Brocades in Various Traditional Pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- silk brocade (nishiki) and silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran)
- Object Creation Date
- 1860-1926
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Dimensions
- 46.99 cm x 61.28 cm (18 1/2 in. x 24 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th to 20th centuries
- Primary Object Classification
- Textile
- Primary Object Type
- brocade
- Physical Description
- A checkered gold brocade foregrounds five fragments of textile: a square in the middle surrounded by four cornerpieces. Each textile has a different design, some with butterflies, birds, and other floral motifs.
- Subject Matter
- Nishiki is a generic term for a multicolored patterned weave, but usually it refers specifically to twill weave created by passing color weft threads over or under two or more warp threads. According to one legend, nishiki first came to Japan in the second century from China, when the King of Wei made a gift of it to Empress Jingû. By the eighth century, Japan was able to manufacture nishiki domestically. Kinran nishiki, shown in the center of the panel, refers to brocade woven with narrow strips of gilt paper.
- Primary Keywords
- birds
- brocade (weaving)
- butterfiles
- flowers (motifs)
- gold (metal)
- goldwork
- panels (costume components)
- textile
- Secondary Keywords
- patterning
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- costume components
- descriptors
- design elements
- gold and gold alloy
- inorganic material
- insects
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- metalwork
- motifs
- nonferrous metal
- object genres
- object genres by material
- plant-derived motifs
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile construction processes and techniques
- textile processes and techniques
- textile weaving processes and techniques
- textile weaving techniques
- weft patterning
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 724 x 965
- File Size
- 93 KB
- Record
- 1972/2.44.9
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"One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Brocades in Various Traditional Pattern; Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.44.9/1972_2.44.9.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 10, 2024.