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Title

Panel of Bizarre Silk

Artist

Artist Unknown, France

Physical Description

This brilliant coral-colored silk features an elaborate brocaded pattern consisting of exuberant sprays of flowers in yellow, blue, white, and gold thread joined to bunches of fruit and other ornament woven with silver thread. The ground is enlivened by a damask pattern of more schematic vegetal and geometric ornament that echoes these dominant motifs.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1700-1715

Accession Number

1972/2.237

Medium and Support

silk, silver and gold threads

relevance

rank 20.73537

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Title

Textile

Artist

African, Morocco

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1930.49

Medium and Support

silk brocade with metallic thread

relevance

rank 19.20715

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Title

Pink and white silk bokashi-dyed underkimono with woven designs of triangles

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Satin damask with twill triangular designs (heike uroko) and bird crests (?) and talsimanic arrows (hung with bells). Unlined but with deep hem and lined sleeves.

Century

second half of 20th century

Object Creation Date

1960s-1980s

Accession Number

2005/1.398

Medium and Support

Satin damask with twill designs

relevance

rank 18.93251

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Title

Black haori with scattered fan designs in yûzen (paste-resist painting), surihaku (metallic foil appliqué), embroidery, and appliquéd Saga brocade

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Black plain weave silk with hand painted, embroidered, and appliquéd designs. Lining with hand-painted peaches, melons and other fruits on white silk with bokashi dye toward pink at sleeve ends and lower edge of back. Single crest on the back of paired oak leaves (kashiwa) embroidered in brown and gold thread

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1960s-1970s

Accession Number

2005/1.349

Medium and Support

black silk with hand painted and appliquéd designs

relevance

rank 18.73164

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