Medium:

Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu)

Type:

textile designs

Stencil

Object Name:

Stencil

Made in:

Japan

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Japanese summer blades of grass overlap to make this abstract motif. The heads of the grasses fan out like a peacock feather.

Credit Line:

Gift of Helen Snyder

Accession Number:

1976-103-246

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45d6a7c79-af25-4b5c-9676-b0cf1d7f820f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1976-103-246