Flying Bats
date: label: Date
content: late 18th–early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Motif of bats flying in multiple directions cut from brown paper, their wings interlaced to form a continuous pattern. There are faint silk threads visible throughout the negative space to reinforce the overall structure.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Charles W. Gould
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1939-72-1
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 juice (kakishibu), silk threads (itoire)
label: Dimensions
content: 26.4 × 42 cm (10 3/8 × 16 9/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 35.5 × 45.5 cm (14 in. × 17 15/16 in.)