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- Title
- One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Obi Brocades
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- The colorful strips of brocade at the top and bottom of this panel feature a woven design of ivy and peonies entwined around cartwheels, bamboo, and stylized diamonds. A wide rectangular fragment of an obi (sash for kimono) lie at the center of the textile. It is an almost abstract design of boats tossed in a frothy sea. The warm, muted tones of the gold are matched in color selections of mauve, and muted purple, blue, and green threads.
- Century
- 17th to 19th centuries
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.44.2
- Medium and Support
- brocade with gilt paper (kinran nishiki) & float stitch embroidery (watashi nui)
- relevance
- rank 22.31865
- Primary Keywords
- brocade
- brocade (weaving)
- flowers
- flowers (motifs)
- gold (metal)
- gold-work
- panels (costume components)
- Title
- Red kimono with stenciled dot pattern and woven brocade patches
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- White silk with stenciled (katazone) hitta kanoko design in red, and woven brocade patches using paper strips coated in black and red lacquer and silver (ginran). Upper half of lining is red plain weave silk (momi); lower half is lime green silk damask (rinsu), woven in T-diaper pattern (suyagata).
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930s-1940s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.375
- Medium and Support
- white silk with red stencil design and brocade patches
- relevance
- rank 22.07735
- Primary Keywords
- brocade (weaving)
- kimono
- Title
- One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Indigo Brocades
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Fragments of brocade textiles are stitched symmetrically into gold fabric. Gold, blue, and brownish/copper hues create the patterns on the textile fragments.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1926
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.44.3
- Medium and Support
- silk brocade (nishiki)
- relevance
- rank 20.69689
- Primary Keywords
- brocade (weaving)
- gold (metal)
- goldwork
- panels (costume components)
- textiles
- Title
- One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Brocades in Various Traditional Pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- 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.
- Century
- 19th to 20th centuries
- Object Creation Date
- 1860-1926
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.44.9
- Medium and Support
- silk brocade (nishiki) and silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran)
- relevance
- rank 19.86866
- Primary Keywords
- birds
- brocade (weaving)
- butterfiles
- flowers (motifs)
- gold (metal)
- goldwork
- panels (costume components)
- textile
- Title
- One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Kinran and Karaori
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This brocade makes use of gold thread, creating a composite that shimmers. the warm, muted tones of the gold are matched in color selections of light blue, dark blue, yellow, mauve, silvery white, and muted green threads. Two textile fragments have been sewn into a gold background. On the left is a rectangular segment of a blue and green dragon among clouds. The right segment is a floral decoration of a variety of plants and colors, interspersed with horizontal lines.
- Century
- 17th to 18th centuries
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.44.1
- Medium and Support
- silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran); Noh robe fragment, karaori (Chinese weave
- relevance
- rank 17.99103
- Primary Keywords
- brocade (weaving)
- clouds
- dragon
- flowers
- flowers (motifs)
- gold (metal)
- gold-work
- panels (costume components)