Object class: Textile samples / Culture or time period: Japanese cultures / Materials: Silk (embroidery) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Textile samples Culture or time period Japanese cultures Materials Silk (embroidery)

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-15525, described as Embroidered piece; silk, gold metallic, possibly glass, ink; satin, crepe, tassel, couched, tinted. Embroidered piece two fish and waves in couched gold embroidery on navy satin rectangle mounted on faded orange crepe piece extending beyond navy piece all around. Fish have painted eyes under glass and embroidery is thick and molded. Black paint added for definition of detail. Each corner has grey tassel attached by loops of purple silk thread. 27 in. x 31 in.