Japanese textile sample with geometric and floral design

An image of Textiles. Sample. Unknown maker, Japan. Cream silk rinzu. Geometric and floral design, stencilled, painted and embroidered in satin stitch and couched gilt metallic thread. Background orange, dark blue; embroidery blue, green and orange. Length, whole, 61 cm, width, whole, 25 cm, circa 1750-circa 1849. Acquisition Credit:
Given by Mrs. Soame Jenyns, in accordance with the wishes of her late husband, Soame Jenyns.

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Textiles. Sample. Unknown maker, Japan. Cream silk rinzu. Geometric and floral design, stencilled, painted and embroidered in satin stitch and couched gilt metallic thread. Background orange, dark blue; embroidery blue, green and orange. Length, whole, 61 cm, width, whole, 25 cm, circa 1750-circa 1849. Acquisition Credit: Given by Mrs. Soame Jenyns, in accordance with the wishes of her late husband, Soame Jenyns.

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Accession Number: T.30-1984
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 437 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 120.69kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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18th Century 19th Century couched couching embroidered embroidery Fitz_AA floral flowers geometric geometrical Japanese metal metallic painted sample satin stitch stencilled stitched stitches stitching textile

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