Sashiko Motifs
date: label: Date
content: late 18th - early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sashiko is a form of traditional folk embroidery using the running stitch to create patterns with symbolic meaning. Shown here are various traditional patterns such as wisteria wreaths and floral blossoms are also evenly distributed throughout the design.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1948-128-18
objectType: label: Type
content: textile designs
label: Object Name
content: Katagami
label: Type
content: Katagami
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu),