Wrapping cloth (furoshiki)
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Square carrying cloth (furoshiki) with the design of a bundle of seaweed and a flowering branch in the center of a blue-green ground. Light blue crest in one corner. Three pieces of fabric sewn together, the outer two selvage to selvage widths, joined prior to dyeing. The linear pattern is achieved by a resist paste. Four corner reinforced by three rows of running stitches radiating from the corner. Two sides reinforced by double row of running stitches. Top and bottoms hemmed. Small tassel at each corner.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from Friends of Textiles Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1975-82-2
objectType: label: Type
content: poster
label: Type
content: Wrapping cloth (furoshiki)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: flat surface resist on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 95 x 85 cm (37 3/8 x 33 7/16 in.)